The tenth word of verse (18:54) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and verb. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:54:10) wakāna But is
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض

Verse (18:54)

The analysis above refers to the 54th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And We have certainly diversified in this Qur'an for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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