The first word of verse (12:20) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is shīn rā yā (ش ر ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:20:1) washarawhu And they sold him
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (12:20)

The analysis above refers to the twentieth verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root shīn rā yā

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