The second word of verse (12:8) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw lām (ق و ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:8:2) qālū they said,
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (12:8)

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

Sahih International: When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.

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 qāf wāw lām

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