Quran 26:44: The Last Testament

So they cast down their ropes and staffs and they said, "By the might of Pharaoh, we will be the winners."

26:44Verse 3000 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَاَلْقَوْا

fa-alqaw

So they threw

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form ألقى. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

So they threw

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاَāaلْlقَqaوْwاā

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ROOTل ق ي

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)This word resumes the flow after a pause or change in thought.Corpus grammarREM — prefixed rem particle.

“أَلْقَ” (ʾaalqa)means “So they threw” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern four, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural perfect verb.

“وْا” (wā)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural subject pronoun.