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نَكُ

This word appears in 2 verses across 1 Surahs of the Holy Quran.

Meaning (Urdu)
تھے ہم
Meaning (English)
we were
RootEXPLORE
ك و ن
LemmaEXPLORE
كانَ
First Occurrence
74:43
Last Occurrence
74:44

Morphology

verb
Verb form
I
Tense
Imperfect
Voice
Active
Mood
Jussive
Person
1st person
Number
plural
Lemma
كانَ
Root
ك و ن

Segments

نَكُverbstem1st person · plural

Conjugation

Form Ilemma كانَ

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Examples (Occurrences)

2
74:43المدثرAl-Muddaththir

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

وه جواب دیں گے کہ ہم نمازی نہ تھے.

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

74:44المدثرAl-Muddaththir

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

نہ مسکینوں کو کھانا کھلاتے تھے.

Nor did we used to feed the poor.