Quran 27:20: The Last Testament

He inspected the birds, then said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe, or is he among those absent?"

27:20Verse 3204 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَتَفَقَّدَ

watafaqqada

And he inspected

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And he inspected

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaتَtaفَfaقَّqqaدَda

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ROOTف ق د

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“تَفَقَّدَ” (tafaqqada)means “And he inspected” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern five, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular perfect verb.