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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 10:75:12

وَكَانُوا۟

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
وَكَانُوا۟ Quranic text
Simple
وَكَانُوا
Without tashkeel
وكانوا
Normalised (searchable)
وكانوا

Position

Computed
Verse
10:75
Word in verse
12
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:10:75:12

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
wakānū
Lemma
كانَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 1family: كَان

Sub-word segments

  1. وَprefix · CONJ
  2. كَانُstem · V · ك و ن
  3. وا۟suffix · PRON

Morphology is an external annotation from the Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus, licensed GPL-2.0-or-later. It is not Quranic text and never alters the token.

In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 10:75 — the whole verse this word appears in — not this word alone. The correspondence is verse-level: no word-level alignment of translations exists for these editions, so we do not claim which English word renders this Arabic word. Compare the editions →

Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron with Our proofs to Pharaoh and his dignitaries. But they acted arrogantly. They were sinful people
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron unto Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our revelations, but they were arrogant and were a guilty folk
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Then sent we, after them, Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his nobles with our signs; but they acted proudly and were a wicked people
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Then we raised up after them Moses and Aaron, unto Pharaoh and his chiefs with our signs; but they were too big with pride, and were a sinful people
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 30 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form وَكَانُوا۟ appears 30 times in the corpus.

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Root ك و ن · 1390 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ك و ن occurs 1390 times across 121 distinct forms.

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