The Semantic Analysis of the Word Zalaal (Obliquity) along with its Descriptions in the Holy Quran

Knowing the meaning of the Koranic words and explaining their semantic field have always been taken into consideration by the interpreters of Quran. The word “Zalaal” and its derivatives are one of those words which frequently used in the Holy Quran. The word is used in Koranic context as “ãÈیä” (explanatory), “ÈÚیϔ (unseemly), “˜Èیє (great), and “ÞÏی㔠(old). The current study has discussed the explanation of this word as well as its usage, emphasizing different morphological structures and syntactic composition of the signs through a descriptive-analytic method. The results show that “ãÈیä” is of the most frequent use whereas “˜Èیє and “ÞÏی㔠are of the least one. The word “ãÈیä” is used for both religious obliquity and irreligious obliquity. The word “ÈÚیϔ is used for real obliquity and the words “˜Èیє and “ÞÏی㔠are used for unreal obliquity. Different uses of the word “Zalaal” along with the abovementioned adjectives are of such considerable distinctions with regard to morpho-syntactic meaning and structure that they have been morphologically used as both definite and indefinite forms whereas they have been syntactically used as majrur, absolute object as well as rheme.