# Kaf-Ayn-Ra — قعر (qEr)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to dig deep, descend, sink, reach the bottom, cut empty, cut from the root, crush. taqa'ara - to be hollow, deep, felled. inqa'ara - to be uprooted. munqa'ir - that which is torn up by the roots, uprooted one, uprooted and hallowed.
- **Derived forms:** مُّنقَعِر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** مُّنقَعِرٍۢ — munqaʿirin · "uprooted"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of infi'al · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

تَنْزِ عُ النَّاسَۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ

TanziAAu annasa kaannahumaAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAir

Removing men as if they were stumps of uprooted date-palms.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-20.md_

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