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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 7:88:20

كُنَّا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
كُنَّا Quranic text
Simple
كُنَّا
Without tashkeel
كنا
Normalised (searchable)
كنا

Position

Computed
Verse
7:88
Word in verse
20
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:7:88:20

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
we are
Transliteration
kunnā
Lemma
كانَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: PERFperson: 1number: pluralverb_form: 1family: كَان

Sub-word segments

  1. كُstem · V · ك و ن
  2. نَّاsuffix · PRON

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 7:88 — 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 →

The arrogant elite among his people said, “O Shuaib, We will evict you from our town, along with those who believe with you, unless you return to our religion.” He said, “Even if we are unwilling?”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said: Surely we will drive thee out, O Shu'eyb, and those who believe with thee, from our township, unless ye return to our religion. He said: Even though we hate it
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Said the chiefs of his people puffed up with pride, "We will surely banish thee, O Shoaib, and thy fellow-believers from our cities, unless indeed ye shall come back to our religion." "What!" said he, "though we abhor it
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Said the crowd of those who were big with pride amongst His people, 'We will of a surety turn thee out, O Shohaib! and those who believe with thee, from our village; or else thou shalt return unto our faith.' Said he, 'What even if we be averse therefrom
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 62 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form كُنَّا appears 62 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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