The eighth word of verse (33:20) 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 subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is wāw dāl dāl (و د د). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (33) sūrat l-aḥzāb (The Combined Forces) (33:20:8) yawaddū they would wish
V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (33:20)

The analysis above refers to the twentieth verse of chapter 33 (sūrat l-aḥzāb):

Sahih International: They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn. And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.

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 wāw dāl dāl

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