# Be-Te-Kef — بتك (btk)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/btk

- **Meaning:** to sever/cut (off), plucked it out, part/portion/piece severed, very sharp, cutting much/keenly.
- **Derived forms:** يُبَتِّكُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 119

- **Form in this verse:** فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ — falayubattikunna · "so they will surely cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَاُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَاُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَاٰمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ اٰذَانَ الْاَنْعَامِ وَلَاٰمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَنْ يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلِياًّ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَاناً مُب۪يناًۜ

Walaodillannahum walaomanniyannahumwalaamurannahum falayubattikunna athana al-anAAamiwalaamurannahum falayughayyirunna khalqa Allahiwaman yattakhithi ashshaytana waliyyan mindooni Allahi faqad khasira khusranan mubeena

And: “I will lead them astray”; and: “I will arouse desires in them”; and: “I will command them and they will slit the ears of cattle”; and: “I will command them and they will change the creation of God.” And whoso takes the satan for ally instead of God, he has suffered clear loss.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-119.md_

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