The ninth word of verse (7:166) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كون) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:166:9) kūnū "Be
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كون»

Verse (7:166)

The analysis above refers to the 166th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

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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