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فاعِل
active, effective (doer, agent) /ˈfaː.ʕil/
adjectiveB1#2160 most common
Also: doer, one who does, working, functioning, grammatical subject/agent
Example sentences
الدواء فاعِل.
The medicine is effective.
هو عضو فاعِل في الفريق.
He is an active member of the team.
نريد مواطنين فاعِلين في المجتمع.
We want active citizens in society.
لعبت الشركة دورًا فاعِلًا في المشروع.
The company played an active role in the project.
لن يكون القرار فاعِلًا ما لم تنفذه الحكومة بجدية.
The decision will not be effective unless the government implements it seriously.
في النحو العربي، الفاعِل اسم مرفوع يدل على من قام بالفعل.
In Arabic grammar, the agent is a nominative noun indicating who performed the action.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فاعِلٌ | فاعِلونَ |
| Genitive | فاعِلٍ | فاعِلينَ |
| Accusative | فاعِلاً | فاعِلينَ |
| Vocative | يا فاعِلُ | يا فاعِلونَ |
Word family
فَعَلَto do, to make
فِعْلact, deed, verbفَعّالhighly effective, energeticفاعِلِيّةeffectiveness, efficacy
مَفْعولobject, the thing done
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root f-ʿ-l, meaning to do or to make. It follows the active participle pattern fāʿil, which names the one performing the action. Arab grammarians later adopted the same word as the technical term for the subject or agent of a verb.
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