فاعل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of the verb فَعَلَ (faʿala, to do, to affect), from the root ف ع ل (f-ʿ-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːʕil/

Participle

فَاعِل (fāʿil) (form I, feminine فَاعِلَة (fāʿila), masculine plural فَاعِلُون (fāʿilūn) or فَعَلَة (faʿala), feminine plural فَاعِلَات (fāʿilāt) or فَوَاعِل (fawāʿil))

  1. active participle of فَعَلَ (faʿala)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:23:
      وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَلِكَ غَدًا
      walā taqūlanna lišayʾin ʾinnī fāʿilun ḏalika ḡadan
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension

Adjective

فَاعِل (fāʿil) (feminine فَاعِلَة (fāʿila), elative أَفْعَل (ʾafʿal))

  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 (fāʿil) m (plural فَاعِلُون (fāʿilūn) or فَعَلَة (faʿala), feminine فَاعِلَة (fāʿila))

  1. doer, one who does something
  2. worker
Declension

Noun

فَاعِل (fāʿil) m

  1. (grammar) subject, agent
Declension
See also
  • اِسْم فَاعِل (ism fāʿil)

Etymology 2

From the root ف ع ل (f-ʿ-l).

Verb

فَاعَلَ (fāʿala) III, non-past يُفَاعِلُ‎ (yufāʿilu)

  1. to treat, to deal with
Conjugation

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَاعِل (fāʿil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɒːʔel/
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. (grammar) subject
  2. doer, active
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