The sixth word of verse (18:109) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is feminine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is kāf lām mīm (ك ل م). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:109:6) likalimāti for (the) Words
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive feminine plural noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (18:109)

The analysis above refers to the 109th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement."

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf lām mīm

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