The fourteenth word of verse (3:36) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". The noun is feminine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is hamza nūn thā (أ ن ث). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:36:14) kal-unthā like the female.
P – prefixed preposition ka N – genitive feminine noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (3:36)

The analysis above refers to the 36th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female. And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allah]."

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza nūn thā

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