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Verse (15:93), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

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The second word of verse (15:93) 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 (15) sūrat l-ḥij'r (The Rocky Tract)


(15:93:2)
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 (15:93)

The analysis above refers to the 93rd verse of chapter 15 (sūrat l-ḥij'r):

Sahih International: About what they used to do.

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