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فِعْل
action; deed /ˈfiʕl/
nounA1#77 most common
Also: deed, act, verb (grammatical term)
Example sentences
هٰذَا فِعْلٌ جَيِّدٌ.
This is a good deed.
كُلُّ فِعْلٍ لَهُ نَتيجَةٌ.
Every action has a consequence.
كانَ رَدُّ فِعْلِهِ سَريعاً جِدّاً.
His reaction was very quick.
الفِعْلُ في هٰذِهِ الجُمْلَةِ ماضٍ.
The verb in this sentence is in the past tense.
الأَفْعالُ أَبْلَغُ مِنَ الأَقْوالِ.
Actions are more eloquent than words.
إِنَّ التَّوافُقَ بَيْنَ القَوْلِ وَالفِعْلِ هُوَ أَساسُ المِصْداقِيَّةِ.
Consistency between word and deed is the very foundation of credibility.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فِعْلٌ | أَفْعالٌ |
| Genitive | فِعْلٍ | أَفْعالٍ |
| Accusative | فِعْلاً | أَفْعالاً |
| Vocative | يا فِعْلُ | يا أَفْعالُ |
Word family
فَعَلَ (faʿala)to do, to act
فاعِل (fāʿil)doer, agent; grammatical subject
أَفْعال (afʿāl)actions, deeds (plural of fiʿl)
فِعْلِيّ (fiʿlī)actual, real; verbal
رَدّ فِعْل (radd fiʿl)reaction
Etymology
فِعْل (fiʿl) is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of the triliteral Semitic root ف-ع-ل 'to do, make, act,' formed on the fiʿl pattern. This root is so central that Arab grammarians adopted it as the universal model for naming all morphological patterns (awzān), and فِعْل itself became the standard grammatical term for 'verb.' Cognate roots are well attested across Semitic, notably in Hebrew and Aramaic. There is no Indo-European connection.
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