Root

و-ك-أ

wk·w-k-2

11 occurrences11 verses4 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
مُتَّكِئmuttaki8
مُتَّكَأmuttaka1
أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟atawakkaʾuā1
يَتَّكِئُyattakiʾu1

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on و-ك-أ

The same words as the table above, grouped by the wazn they are built on. Form assignment and counts are read from the morphology; what each form means is classical grammar — a tendency, not a rule, so a given word may sit outside its form’s usual sense.

  1. Form Vتَفَعَّلَ1×

    often reflexive of Form II · interpretive

    • أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟atawakkaʾuā1
  2. Form VIIIاِفْتَعَلَ10×

    often reflexive — done to or for oneself · interpretive

    • مُتَّكِئmuttaki8
    • مُتَّكَأmuttaka1
    • يَتَّكِئُyattakiʾu1

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with و-ك-أ more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where و-ك-أ falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times و-ك-أ occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 10 of 604 pages (2%)

Densest in juzʾ 27 (4 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 238 pages — pages 1238, juzʾ 112.

Occurrences · 11 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root و-ك-أ appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root و-ك-أ (wk) occurs 11 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 11 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does و-ك-أ occur?

11 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from و-ك-أ (wk), out of 11 total occurrences.

What words come from the root و-ك-أ?

و-ك-أ (wk) yields 4 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently مُتَّكِئ (muttaki, 8×), مُتَّكَأ (muttaka, 1×), أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ (atawakkaʾuā, 1×), and يَتَّكِئُ (yattakiʾu, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.