# Kef-Vav-Ye — كوي (kwy)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To burn (e.g. skin), sear, scorch, brand, cauterize
- **Derived forms:** تُكْوَىٰ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** فَتُكْوَىٰ — fatuk'wā · "and will be branded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

يَوْمَ يُحْمٰى عَلَيْهَا ف۪ي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوٰى بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْۜ هٰذَا مَا كَنَزْتُمْ لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ

Yawma yuhma AAalayhafee nari jahannama fatukwa biha jibahuhumwajunoobuhum wathuhooruhum hatha makanaztum li-anfusikum fathooqoo ma kuntum taknizoon

The day it will be heated in the fire of Gehenna, then therewith will be branded their foreheads and their sides and their backs: “This is what you amassed for your souls; so taste what you amassed!”

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-35.md_

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