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The addition of prefix "Ya" and suffix "na" to the root "HYD" shows that the word is used in used in third person, feminine gender, plural, imperfective aspect.<ref>[[w:Arabic grammar|Arabic grammar]] - Wikipedia</ref>
The addition of prefix "Ya" and suffix "na" to the root "HYD" shows that the word is used in used in third person, feminine gender, plural, imperfective aspect.<ref>[[w:Arabic grammar|Arabic grammar]] - Wikipedia</ref>


The imperfective aspect, by itself lacks any tense feature. <ref name="EB" /> The tensed negatives like ''lam'' ( <font size="3">لَمْ </font> ) (negation in past tense), ''lan'' ( <font size="3">لن</font> )  (negation in future tense), ''laa'' ( <font size="3">لَ</font> ) (negation in present tense) combined with imperfectives decide the tense in this case.  
The imperfective aspect, according to traditional understanding of classical Arabic grammar, by itself lacks any tense feature (as is true of other classical Semetic languages such as Hebrew). <ref name="EB" /> The tensed negatives like ''lam'' ( <font size="3">لَمْ </font> ) (negation in past tense), ''lan'' ( <font size="3">لن</font> )  (negation in future tense), ''laa'' ( <font size="3">لَ</font> ) (negation in present tense) combined with imperfective (in different moods) to decide the tense in this case.  


Thus ''lam Yadrus لم يدرس'' = He did not study.  
Thus ''lam Yadrusa لم يدرس'' = He did not study.  


In the verse 65:4, '''''Lam Yaĥiđna'' = 'those who did not menstruate'.'''  
In the verse 65:4, '''''Lam Yaĥiđna'' لم يحضن= 'those who did not menstruate'.'''  


Further the imperfective verb in the context of ''lam'' ( <font size="3">لَمْ </font> ) (past tensed negatives) is in the [[w:Grammatical mood#Jussive|Jussive]] mood(يعني المضارع المجزوم). <ref name="EB" />  
Further the imperfective verb in the context of ''lam'' ( <font size="3">لَمْ </font> ) (past tensed negatives) is in the [[w:Grammatical mood#Jussive|Jussive]] mood(يعني المضارع المجزوم). <ref name="EB" />  
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