كَانَ

1 kaAna * He or it was. A verb of the class called incomplete, ( naAqiSN ) because, with the agent which it comprises, or to which it relates, it cannot constitute a complete proposition; i. e., non-attributive. The other verbs of this class are, Zal~a A^aDoHaY A^amosaY A^aSobaHa SaAra , maA daAma maAA@nofak~a maA fatiy^a maAbariHa maA zaAla baAta , and layosa . Each of these governs its noun, or subject, in the nom. case, and its enunciative, or predicate, in the acc. case; as, kaAna zayodN qaAy^imFA Zeyd was standing. ― -b2- (The n in yakuno and the like is often irregularly elided.) ― -b3- kaAna , divested of all signification of time. is often used as a copula. (See De Sacy 's Gr. Ar. i. 196.) So too is kaAy^inN ; for h`*aA zayodN and h`*aA kaAy^inN zayodFA signify the same. (Mughnee, voce A^an~a .) ― -b4- kaAna as a complete, i. e., an attributive, verb, see HaSala . in three places.