Surah Yusufسُورَةُ يُوسُفَ

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يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍۢ سِمَانٍۢ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌۭ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَٰتٍۢ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Verse syntax (12:46)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1يُوسُفُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
2أَيُّهَا—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
3ٱلصِّدِّيقُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
4أَفْتِنَا—V – imperative form 4 verbفعل أمر
5فِى—P – particleحرف
6سَبْعِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
7بَقَرَٰتٍ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
8سِمَانٍ—ADJ – genitive adjectiveصفة مجرورة
9يَأْكُلُهُنَّ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
10سَبْعٌ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
11عِجَافٌ—ADJ – nominative adjectiveصفة مرفوعة
12وَسَبْعِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
13سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
14خُضْرٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
15وَأُخَرَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
16يَابِسَٰتٍ—ADJ – genitive adjectiveصفة مجرورة
17لَّعَلِّىٓ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
18أَرْجِعُ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
19إِلَى—P – particleحرف
20ٱلنَّاسِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
21لَعَلَّهُمْ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
22يَعْلَمُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع

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يُوسُفُ

Noun
2

أَيُّهَا

Noun
3

ٱلصِّدِّيقُ

Noun
4

أَفْتِنَا

Verb
5

فِى

Particle
6

سَبْعِ

Noun
7

بَقَرَٰتٍ

Noun
8

سِمَانٍ

Adjective
9

يَأْكُلُهُنَّ

Verb
10

سَبْعٌ

Noun
11

عِجَافٌ

Adjective
12

وَسَبْعِ

Noun
13

سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ

Noun
14

خُضْرٍ

Noun
15

وَأُخَرَ

Noun
16

يَابِسَٰتٍ

Adjective
17

لَّعَلِّىٓ

Particle
18

أَرْجِعُ

Verb
19

إِلَى

Particle
20

ٱلنَّاسِ

Noun
21

لَعَلَّهُمْ

Particle
22

يَعْلَمُونَ

Verb

Morphology data from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds).

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