The tenth word of verse (36:65) 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 (36) sūrat yā sīn (36:65:10) 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 (36:65)

The analysis above refers to the 65th verse of chapter 36 (sūrat yā sīn):

Sahih International: That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn.

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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