passive participle

English

Noun

passive participle (plural passive participles)

(grammar) A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the passive voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the patient of the action denoted by the verb.

Derived terms

passive participial

Translations

passive participle

Arabic: اِسْمُ ٱلْمَفْعُولِ‎ m (ismu l-mafʿūli, literally “name of the thing that is done”)

French: participe passif (fr) m

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