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Verse (10:70), Word 12 - Quranic Grammar

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The twelfth word of verse (10:70) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. 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 (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah)


(10:70:12)
kānū
they used to
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (10:70)

The analysis above refers to the 70th verse of chapter 10 (sūrat yūnus):

Sahih International: [For them is brief] enjoyment in this world; then to Us is their return; then We will make them taste the severe punishment because they used to disbelieve

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