فاعل

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb فَعَلَ‎ (faʕala, “to do, to affect”), from the root ف ع ل‎ (f-ʕ-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːʕil/

Participle

فَاعِل • (fāʕil) (form I, feminine فَاعِلَة‎ (fāʕila), masculine plural فَاعِلُون‎ (fāʕilūn) or فَعَلَة‎ (faʕala), feminine plural فَاعِلَات‎ (fāʕilāt) or فَوَاعِل‎ (fawāʕil))

  1. active participle of فَعَلَ‎ (faʕala)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:23:
      ‏وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَلِكَ غَدًا‎
      walā taqūlanna lišayʔin ʔinnī fāʕilun ḏalika ḡadan
      And do not say with certainty for a thing: surely I will be a doer of that tomorrow.

Declension

Adjective

فَاعِل • (fāʕil) (feminine فَاعِلَة‎ (fāʕila), elative أَفْعَل‎ (ʔafʕal))

  1. effective
  2. efficient

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “فعل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

فَاعِل • (fāʕil) m (plural فَاعِلُون‎ (fāʕilūn) or فَعَلَة‎ (faʕala), feminine فَاعِلَة‎ (fāʕila))

  1. doer, one who does something
  2. worker

Declension

Noun

فَاعِل • (fāʕil) m

  1. (grammar) subject, agent

Declension

See also

  • اِسْم فَاعِل‎ (ism fāʕil)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَاعِل‎ (fāʕil).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /fɔˈʔil/

  • (file)

Noun

فاعل • (fâ'el) (plural فاعل‌ها‎ (fâ'el-hâ))

  1. (grammar) subject
  2. (sex, law) top, the penetrating partner in a male homosexual intercourse
    Antonym: مفعول‎ (maf'ul)
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