The ninth word of verse (6:127) 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 (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle) (6:127:9) kānū (of what) they used to
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (6:127)

The analysis above refers to the 127th verse of chapter 6 (sūrat l-anʿām):

Sahih International: For them will be the Home of Peace with their Lord. And He will be their protecting friend because of what they used to do.

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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