Morphology Explorer — كون

kwn

Root analysis: 500 occurrences across 387 verses in the Quran

كون
kwn
500
Total Occurrences
387
Verses
71
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Verb ×493 Noun ×7

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Word Forms in the Quran 71

كَانَ kaana 108 كَانُوا۟ kaanua 82 كُنتُمْ kuntum 63 وَكَانَ wakaana 26 كُنتُم kuntum 19 يَكُن yakun 14 كُنَّا kunnaa 12 يَكُونُ yakunu 11 كُنتَ kunta 10 تَكُونُوا۟ takunua 10 كَانُوٓا۟ kaanua 8 كُونُوا۟ kunua 7 وَكَانُوا۟ wakaanua 7 كَانَتْ kaanat 7 يَكُونَ yakuna 7 تَكُن takun 7 تَكُونَ takuna 6 فَيَكُونُ fayakunu 5 كُن kun 4 تَكُونَنَّ takunanna 4 تَكُونُ takunu 4 لَنَكُونَنَّ lanakunanna 4 وَكُنتُمْ wakuntum 3 وَّكَانُوا۟ wwakaanua 3 أَكُونَ aakuna 3 وَيَكُونَ wayakuna 3 لَكَانَ lakaana 3 يَكُنِ yakuni 3 كُنتُ kuntu 3 يَكُونُوا۟ yakunua 3 +41 more

Quranic Concordance 500

Every occurrence of the root كون in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.

Tense / Aspect

Perfect
Completed action (past tense)
Imperfect
Ongoing or future action (present/future)
Imperative
A command or request

Voice

Active
Subject performs the action
Passive
Subject receives the action

Person

1st Person
Speaker ("I" or "we")
2nd Person
Addressed ("you")
3rd Person
Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")

Gender & Number

Masculine / Feminine
Grammatical gender of the subject
Singular
One person or thing
Dual
Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
Plural
Three or more

Case

Nominative
Subject of the sentence
Accusative
Object of the verb
Genitive
After a preposition or in possession

State

Definite
With "al-" (the)
Indefinite
Without "al-" (a/an)

Derivation

Participle
Verb form used as adjective/noun
Verbal Noun
Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")

Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).

Verse Arabic Transliteration English POS Features
2:10 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:10 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:16 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:23 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:23 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:28 وَكُنتُمْ wakuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:31 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:33 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:34 وَكَانَ wakaana (v.) place Verb V
2:35 فَتَكُونَا fatakunaa (v.) place Verb V
2:36 كَانَا kaanaa (v.) place Verb V
2:41 تَكُونُوٓا۟ takunua (v.) place Verb V
2:57 كَانُوٓا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:59 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:61 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:61 وَّكَانُوا۟ wwakaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:64 لَكُنتُم lakuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:65 كُونُوا۟ kunua (v.) place Verb V
2:67 أَكُونَ aakuna (v.) place Verb V
2:72 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:75 كَانَ kaana (v.) place Verb V
2:89 وَكَانُوا۟ wakaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:91 كُنتُم kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:93 كُنتُم kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:94 كَانَتْ kaanat (v.) place Verb V
2:94 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:97 كَانَ kaana (v.) place Verb V
2:98 كَانَ kaana (v.) place Verb V
2:102 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:103 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:111 كَانَ kaana (v.) place Verb V
2:111 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:113 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:114 كَانَ kaana (v.) place Verb V
2:117 كُن kun (v.) place Verb V
2:117 فَيَكُونُ fayakunu (v.) place Verb V
2:133 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:134 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:135 كُونُوا۟ kunua (v.) place Verb V
2:135 كَانَ kaana (v.) place Verb V
2:140 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:141 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:142 كَانُوا۟ kaanua (v.) place Verb V
2:143 لِّتَكُونُوا۟ llitakunua (v.) place Verb V
2:143 وَيَكُونَ wayakuna (v.) place Verb V
2:143 كُنتَ kunta (v.) place Verb V
2:143 كَانَتْ kaanat (v.) place Verb V
2:143 كَانَ kaana (v.) place Verb V
2:144 كُنتُمْ kuntum (v.) place Verb V
2:147 تَكُونَنَّ takunanna (v.) place Verb V
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