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Verse (18:79), Word 11 - Quranic Grammar

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The eleventh word of verse (18:79) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and verb. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. 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).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave)


(18:79:11)
wakāna
(as there) was
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb
الواو عاطفة
فعل ماض

Verse (18:79)

The analysis above refers to the 79th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.

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