# Sin-Vav-Gayn — سوغ (swg)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be pleasant and nice, To be appropriate, To be reasonable, To be legitimate, To be permissible, To allow, To permit
- **Derived forms:** سَائِغ (2) · يُسِيغُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** يُسِيغُهُۥ — yusīghuhu · "(to) swallowing it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَتَجَرَّعُهُ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُس۪يغُهُ وَيَأْت۪يهِ الْمَوْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتٍۜ وَمِنْ وَرَٓائِه۪ عَذَابٌ غَل۪يظٌ

YatajarraAAuhu wala yakaduyuseeghuhu waya/teehi almawtu min kulli makanin wamahuwa bimayyitin wamin wara-ihi AAathabun ghaleeth

He will gulp it, but will scarcely swallow it; and death will come at him from every place, but he is not to die. And beyond him is a stern punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-17.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** سَآئِغًۭا — sāighan · "palatable"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًۜ  نُسْق۪يكُمْ مِمَّا ف۪ي بُطُونِه۪ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَناً خَالِصاً سَٓائِغاً لِلشَّارِب۪ينَ

Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAamilaAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihi min baynifarthin wadamin labanan khalisan sa-ighan lishsharibeen

And you have in the cattle a lesson: We give you to drink of what is in its bellies — between excreta and blood — pure milk, palatable to the drinkers.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-66.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** سَآئِغٌۭ — sāighun · "pleasant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْبَحْرَانِۗ هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَٓائِـغٌ شَرَابُهُ وَهٰذَا مِلْحٌ اُجَاجٌۜ وَمِنْ كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْماً طَرِياًّ وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَاۚ وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ ف۪يهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Wama yastawee albahranihatha AAathbun furatun sa-ighun sharabuhuwahatha milhun ojajun wamin kullinta/kuloona lahman tariyyan watastakhrijoona hilyatantalbasoonaha watara alfulka feehi mawakhiralitabtaghoo min fadlihi walaAAallakum tashkuroon

And not alike are the two seas: one is fresh and sweet, delicious to drink, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat succulent flesh, and extract ornaments which you wear. And thou seest the ships ploughing therein, that you might seek of His bounty and that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-12.md_

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