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Verse (18:12), Word 8 - Quranic Grammar

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The eighth word of verse (18:12) 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 lām bā thā (ل ب ث). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave)


(18:12:8)
labithū
(they had) remained
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (18:12)

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

Sahih International: Then We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time.

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