The sixteenth word of verse (2:237) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn fā wāw (ع ف و). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:237:16) yaʿfūna they (women) forgo (it)
V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (2:237)

The analysis above refers to the 237th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allah , of whatever you do, is Seeing.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn fā wāw

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	Maqbool Ahmad 16th October, 2016 In the description "masculine" should be replaced with "feminine".
	Abdul Rahman 17th October, 2016 V – 3rd person feminine plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood (منصوب). (The subject pronoun is the "nun" of femininity.) يعفون: فعل المضارع مبني على السكون لاتصاله بنون النسوة في محل النصب بأن ، ونون النسوة: ضمير متصل مبني على الفتح في محل رفع فاعل

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