فعل

See also: ف ع ل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ع ل (f-ʕ-l); cognate with Hebrew פָּעַל (pa'ál, to do).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ʕa.la/

Verb

فَعَلَ (faʕala) I, non-past يَفْعَلُ‎ (yafʕalu)

  1. to do
  2. to fulfill
  3. to act, to perform an activity without help
  4. to affect, to have an effect on
Conjugation
  • اِسْم فَاعِل (ism fāʕil)
  • اِسْم مَفْعُول (ism mafʕūl)
  • فَاعِل (fāʕil)
  • فَعَّال (faʕʕāl)
  • مَفْعُول (mafʕūl)
  • مَفْعُول بِهِ (mafʕūl bihi)
  • مَفْعُول فِيهِ (mafʕūl fīhi)
  • مَفْعُول لِأَجْلِهِ (mafʕūl liʔajlihi)
  • مَفْعُول لَهُ (mafʕūl lahu)
  • مَفْعُول مُطْلَق (mafʕūl muṭlaq)
  • مَفْعُول مَعَهُ (mafʕūl maʕahu)
  • مَفْعُول مِنْ أَجْلِهِ (mafʕūl min ʔajlihi)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faʕ.ʕa.la/

Verb

فَعَّلَ (faʕʕala) II, non-past يُفَعِّلُ‎ (yufaʕʕilu)

  1. to activate
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiʕl/

Noun

فِعْل (fiʕl) m (plural أَفْعَال (ʔafʕāl) or فِعَال (fiʕāl))

  1. verbal noun of فَعَلَ (faʕala, to do, to act, to fulfill, to affect) (form I)
  2. activity, action, work
  3. performance, acting
  4. vocation, employment
  5. function
  6. deed, act, action
  7. effect, impact, influence
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiʕl/

Noun

فِعْل (fiʕl) m (plural أَفْعَال (ʔafʕāl))

  1. (grammar) verb
    • Ibn Malik
      كَلَامُنَا لَفْظٌ مُفِيدٌ كَٱسْتَقِمْ / وَٱسْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ ثُمَّ حَرْفٌ ٱلْكَلِم
      kalāmunā lafẓun mufīdun kastaqim / wasmun wafiʕlun ṯumma ḥarfun l-kalim
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension
Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • اَلْأَفْعَال الْخَمْسَة (al-ʔafʕāl al-ḵamsa)

Noun

فِعْل (fiʕl) m (plural أَفَاعِيل (ʔafāʕīl))

  1. exploit, great deed, feat
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faʕl/

Noun

فَعْل (faʕl) m

  1. verbal noun of فَعَلَ (faʕala) (form I)
Declension

References

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

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪʕl/

Noun

فعل (Rumi spelling fiil)

  1. work
  2. attitude

Synonyms

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Noun

فعل (fil) (plural افعال (efal))

  1. action, deed
  2. (grammar) verb

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /feʔl/

Noun

Dari فعل
Iranian Persian
Tajik феъл (feʾl)

فعل (fe'l) (plural فعل‌ها (fe'l-hâ) or افعال (af'âl))

  1. act
  2. action
  3. (grammar) verb

Synonyms

Hyponyms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ع ل

Etymology

From Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiʕl/, [ˈfɪ.ʕ(ɪ)l]
  • (file)

Noun

فعل (fiʕl) m (plural أفعال (ʔafʕāl))

  1. action
  2. verb

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فعل (fe'l), from Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Noun

فعل (fe'l) m

  1. (grammar) verb
  2. act
  3. action
  4. deed
  5. work
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