The third word of verse (15:3) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form V imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is mīm tā ʿayn (م ت ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (15) sūrat l-ḥij'r (The Rocky Tract) (15:3:3) wayatamattaʿū and enjoy
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural (form V) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (15:3)

The analysis above refers to the third verse of chapter 15 (sūrat l-ḥij'r):

Sahih International: Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root mīm tā ʿayn

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