The third word of verse (76:15) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and active participle. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The indefinite active participle is feminine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The active participle's triliteral root is hamza nūn yā (أ ن ي). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (76) sūrat l-insān (Man) (76:15:3) biāniyatin vessels
P – prefixed preposition bi N – genitive feminine indefinite active participle	جار ومجرور

Verse (76:15)

The analysis above refers to the fifteenth verse of chapter 76 (sūrat l-insān):

Sahih International: And there will be circulated among them vessels of silver and cups having been [created] clear [as glass],

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza nūn yā

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Mazhar A. Nurani 2nd May, 2011 Collective Noun; plural, as the translation correctly indicates. [In 88:5 it is Active participle]

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