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Verse (6:5), Word 10 - Quranic Grammar

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The tenth word of verse (6:5) 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)


(6:5:10)
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 (6:5)

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

Sahih International: For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.

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