# Fe-Kaf-Dal — فقد (fqd)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To loose, want, miss, be depressed of. To review, make an inquisition into, search out things lost or missed.
- **Derived forms:** تَفْقِدُ (2) · تَفَقَّدَ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْقِدُونَ — tafqidūna · "you miss"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالُوا وَاَقْبَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ مَاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ

Qaloo waaqbaloo AAalayhim mathatafqidoon

Said they, approaching them: “What is it you are missing?”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-71.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** نَفْقِدُ — nafqidu · "We are missing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

قَالُوا نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ وَلِمَنْ جَٓاءَ بِه۪ حِمْلُ بَع۪يرٍ وَاَنَا۬ بِه۪ زَع۪يمٌ

Qaloo nafqidu suwaAAaalmaliki waliman jaa bihi himlu baAAeerin waanabihi zaAAeem

They said: “We do miss the King’s goblet; and for him who brings it is a camel-load; and I guarantee it.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-72.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَفَقَّدَ — watafaqqada · "And he inspected"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَٓا اَرَى الْهُدْهُدَۘ اَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَٓائِب۪ينَ

Watafaqqada attayra faqalama liya la ara alhudhuda am kana minaalgha-ibeen

And he inspected the birds, and said: “How is it with me that I see not the hoopoe? Or is he among the absent?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-20.md_

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