# Mim-Kef-Vav — مكو (mkw)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Bird so called, because of its color. Whistling.
- **Derived forms:** مُكَاء (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** مُكَآءًۭ — mukāan · "whistling"
  - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ اِلَّا مُكَٓاءً وَتَصْدِيَةًۜ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

Wama kana salatuhumAAinda albayti illa mukaan watasdiyatan fathooqooalAAathaba bima kuntum takfuroon

And their duty at the house is only whistling and clapping — so taste the punishment for what you denied!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-35.md_

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