ف ع ل

See also: فعل

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic, cognate to Hebrew פ־ע־ל (p-'-l).

Root

ف ع ل • (f-ʕ-l)

1. related to doing, performing actions

Derived terms

• Form I: فَعَلَ (faʕala, “to act, to perform an activity”)
  • Verbal noun: فَعْل (faʕl, “activity, action, work”), فِعْل (fiʕl, “activity, action, work”)
  • Active participle: فَاعِل (fāʕil)
  • Passive participle: مَفْعُول (mafʕūl)
• Form II: فَعَّلَ (faʕʕala, “to activate”)
  • Verbal noun: تَفْعِيل (tafʕīl)
  • Active participle: مُفَعِّل (mufaʕʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُفَعَّل (mufaʕʕal)
• Form III: فَاعَلَ (fāʕala, “to treat, to deal with”)
  • Verbal noun: مُفَاعَلَة (mufāʕala), فِعَال (fiʕāl)
  • Active participle: مُفَاعِل (mufāʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُفَاعَل (mufāʕal)
• Form V: تَفَعَّلَ (tafaʕʕala)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَعُّل (tafaʕʕul, “interaction”)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَعِّل (mutafaʕʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَفَعَّل (mutafaʕʕal)
• Form VI: تَفَاعَلَ (tafāʕala, “to interact, to combine (with something), to react”)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَاعُل (tafāʕul)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَاعِل (mutafāʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَفَاعَل (mutafāʕal)
• Form VII: اِنْفَعَلَ (infaʕala, “to be influenced, to be moved”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْفِعَال (infiʕāl)
  • Active participle: مُنْفَعِل (munfaʕil)
• Form VIII: اِفْتَعَلَ (iftaʕala, “to concoct, to invent, to create”)
  • Verbal noun: اِفْتِعَال (iftiʕāl)
  • Active participle: مُفْتَعِل (muftaʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُفْتَعَل (muftaʕal)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• ‎فَاعِل‎ (fāʕil)
  • أَفْعَل (ʔafʕal)
• فَعَّال (faʕʕāl)
• مَفْعُول (mafʕūl)
• مَفْعُولٌ بِهِ (mafʕūlun bihi)