The sixth word of verse (23:110) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second 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 (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:110:6) wakuntum and you used (to)
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (23:110)

The analysis above refers to the 110th verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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