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Verse (16:87), Word 9 - Quranic Grammar

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The ninth word of verse (16:87) 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 (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:87:9)
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 (16:87)

The analysis above refers to the 87th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And they will impart to Allah that Day [their] submission, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

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