# Kef-Lam-Vav — كلو (klw)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To eat, to consume, to erode, to gnaw, to devour, to spend, to ruin, to be wasteful
- **Derived forms:** كِلَا (1) · كِلْتَا (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** كِلَاهُمَا — kilāhumā · "both of them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · nominative case

وَقَضٰى رَبُّكَ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُٓوا اِلَّٓا اِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسَاناًۜ اِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُمَٓا اُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَهُمَا قَوْلاً كَر۪يماً

Waqada rabbuka alla taAAbudooilla iyyahu wabilwalidayni ihsananimma yablughanna AAindaka alkibara ahaduhumaaw kilahuma fala taqul lahuma offinwala tanharhuma waqul lahuma qawlan kareema

And thy Lord has decreed that you serve not save Him; and towards parents good conduct. Whether one or both of them reaches old age with thee, say thou not: “Fie,” to them, nor repel thou them; but speak thou to them a noble word,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-23.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** كِلْتَا — kil'tā · "Each"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, dual · nominative case

كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ اٰتَتْ اُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِنْهُ شَيْـٔاًۙ وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَالَهُمَا نَهَراًۙ

Kilta aljannatayni atat okulahawalam tathlim minhu shay-an wafajjarna khilalahumanahara

Each of the two gardens produced its fruit and were wronged nothing thereof. And We caused to flow in the midst of them a river.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-33.md_

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