Text: كَانُواْ
Root: ك و ن (1390)
Lemma: كان (1358)
Stem: كان (269)

The fifteenth word of verse (3:156) 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.

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Position Text POS Tags Root Lemma Actions
1 كَانُ V - verb PERF,VF:1,FAM:كَان,3MP كون كانَ Show
2 وا۟ N - personal pronoun PRON,SUFF,3MP Show

Verb Forms

Name Value Action
perfect كَانَ
imperfect يَكُونُ
imperative كُنْ
active_participle كَائِن
verbal_noun كَوْن/كَيْنُوْنة