The sixth word of verse (18:80) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction fa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is khā shīn yā (خ ش ي). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:80:6) fakhashīnā and we feared
CONJ – prefixed conjunction fa (and) V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء عاطفة فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (18:80)

The analysis above refers to the 80th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root khā shīn yā

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