The eighth word of verse (39:59) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second 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). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (39) sūrat l-zumar (The Groups) (39:59:8) wakunta and you were
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 2nd person masculine singular perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (39:59)

The analysis above refers to the 59th verse of chapter 39 (sūrat l-zumar):

Sahih International: But yes, there had come to you My verses, but you denied them and were arrogant, and you were among the disbelievers.

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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