The fourth word of verse (12:73) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn lām mīm (ع ل م). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:73:4) ʿalim'tum you know,
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (12:73)

The analysis above refers to the 73rd verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: They said, "By Allah , you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn lām mīm

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