Qur'an | Word by Word | Audio | Prayer Times
__ Sign In
 
__

Verse (2:141), Word 14 - Quranic Grammar

__

The fourteenth word of verse (2:141) 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 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 (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)


(2:141:14)
kānū
they used to
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (2:141)

The analysis above refers to the 141st verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: That is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.

See Also

Messages

You can sign in to add a message if this information could be improved or requires discussion.

Language Research Group
University of Leeds
__