The fifth word of verse (83:36) 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 (83) sūrat l-muṭafifīn (Those Who Deal in Fraud) (83:36:5) 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 (83:36)

The analysis above refers to the 36th verse of chapter 83 (sūrat l-muṭafifīn):

Sahih International: Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for 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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