# Kh-Dal-Dal — خدد (xdd)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To furrow/trench/clave, to mark or impress, to contract/shrink/wrinkle, to oppose, divide into distinct parties, to rank or class
- **Derived forms:** أُخْدُود (1) · خَدّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** خَدَّكَ — khaddaka · "your cheek"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَرَحاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍۚ

Wala tusaAAAAir khaddaka linnasiwala tamshi fee al-ardi marahan inna Allahala yuhibbu kulla mukhtalin fakhoor

“And turn thou not thy cheek to men, and walk thou not in the earth haughtily; God loves not every conceited boaster.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-18.md_

### 85. Surah Al-Buruj, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأُخْدُودِ — l-ukh'dūdi · "(of) the pit"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قُتِلَ اَصْحَابُ الْاُخْدُودِۙ

Qutila as-habu alukhdood

Damned be the companions of the trench,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-buruj/verse-4.md_

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