The third word of verse (5:79) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form VI imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is nūn hā yā (ن ه ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:79:3) yatanāhawna forbidding each other
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form VI) imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (5:79)

The analysis above refers to the 79th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root nūn hā yā

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