ذِرَاع
zirāʿ
arm; arm-length; being distressed by something too great to carry
Definition
- 1ذِرَاعًاzirāʿalength of an arm3
- 2ذَرْعًاzarʿaunbearable / distressed, literally too big to get the arms around or carry2
Total uses in the Qur’an: 5
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
ذَرْعُهَا · ذِرَاعًا · ذِرَاعَيْهِ
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
... then tie him up with a chain seventy arms long.
69:32draft glosses: 7 of 7
وَكَلْبُهُم بَٰسِطٌۭ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِ
... while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance.
18:18draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 2
ذَرْعًا
وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًۭا
... and he was distressed by their arrival.
11:77draft glosses: 3 of 3
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed