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

The 58th word of verse (2:61) 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 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 وَّ P - coordinating conjuction CONJ,PREF و Show
2 كَانُ V - verb PERF,VF:1,FAM:كَان,3MP كون كانَ Show
3 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