Text: وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ
Root: ب غ ي (96)
Lemma: ابتغى (34)
Stem: تبتغ (11)

The seventeenth word of verse (16:14) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, particle of purpose, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form VIII imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is bā ghayn yā (ب غ ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

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Position Text POS Tags Root Lemma Actions
1 وَ P - coordinating conjuction CONJ,PREF و Show
2 لِ P - personal pronoun PRP,PREF ل Show
3 تَبْتَغُ V - verb IMPF,VF:8,2MP,MOOD:SUBJ بغي ابْتَغَى Show
4 وا۟ N - personal pronoun PRON,SUFF,2MP Show

Verb Forms

Name Value Action
perfect بَغَى
imperfect يَبْغِي
imperative اِبْغِ
active_participle بَاغٍ
passive_participle مَبْغِىّ
verbal_noun بَغْي