The sixth word of verse (36:39) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". The noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's quadriliteral root is ʿayn rā jīm nūn (ع ر ج ن). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (36) sūrat yā sīn (36:39:6) kal-ʿur'jūni like the date stalk,
P – prefixed preposition ka N – genitive masculine noun → Date Palm	جار ومجرور

Verse (36:39)

The analysis above refers to the 39th verse of chapter 36 (sūrat yā sīn):

Sahih International: And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn rā jīm nūn
• Date Palm - referred to by the noun

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