The fourteenth word of verse (4:73) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person singular. 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 (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) (4:73:14) kuntu I had been
V – 1st person singular perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (4:73)

The analysis above refers to the 73rd verse of chapter 4 (sūrat l-nisāa):

Sahih International: But if bounty comes to you from Allah , he will surely say, as if there had never been between you and him any affection. "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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