The third word of verse (7:77) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn tā wāw (ع ت و). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:77:3) waʿataw and (were) insolent
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (7:77)

The analysis above refers to the 77th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn tā wāw

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