Text: لِنَعۡلَمَ
Root: ع ل م (854)
Lemma: علم (382)
Stem: نعلم (5)

The twentieth word of verse (2:143) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn lām mīm (ع ل م).

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Position Text POS Tags Root Lemma Actions
1 لِ P - personal pronoun PRP,PREF ل Show
2 نَعْلَمَ V - verb IMPF,VF:1,1P,MOOD:SUBJ علم عَلِمَ Show

Verb Forms

Name Value Action
perfect عَلِمَ
imperfect يَعْلَمُ
imperative اِعْلَمْ
active_participle عَالِم
passive_participle مَعْلُوْم
verbal_noun عِلْم