LessonsThe Indicative Imperfect and Its GovernorQuiz

هُنَّ يَكْتُبْنَ.
They (women) write. Yaktubna with nūn al-niswa is built on sukūn in a syntactic indicative position; it does not take the inflectional nūn of the five forms.

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Feminine Plural Nūn: An Exception

The Indicative Imperfect and Its Governor

هُنَّ يَكْتُبْنَ.
They (women) write. Yaktubna with nūn al-niswa is built on sukūn in a syntactic indicative position; it does not take the inflectional nūn of the five forms.