The third word of verse (43:83) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is lām ʿayn bā (ل ع ب). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) (43:83:3) wayalʿabū and play
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (43:83)

The analysis above refers to the 83rd verse of chapter 43 (sūrat l-zukh'ruf):

Sahih International: So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

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 lām ʿayn bā

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Abdul Rahman 28th April, 2014 V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, jussive mood فعل مضارع مجزوم والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

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