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فِعْلِيّ
actual /fiʕˈliː/
adjectiveB1#1890 most common
Also: real, practical, effective, verbal (in grammar)
Example sentences
هَذا وَضْعٌ فِعْلِيٌّ.
This is a real situation.
الرَّقْمُ الفِعْلِيُّ كَبيرٌ.
The actual number is large.
التَّغْييرُ الفِعْلِيُّ يَحْتاجُ إِلى وَقْتٍ.
Real change takes time.
الرّاتِبُ الفِعْلِيُّ أَقَلُّ مِنَ المَبْلَغِ المُعْلَنِ.
The actual salary is less than the announced amount.
القيمَةُ الفِعْلِيَّةُ لِلعُمْلَةِ تَخْتَلِفُ عَنْ قيمَتِها الِاسْمِيَّةِ.
The real value of the currency differs from its nominal value.
لا يُقاسُ الأَداءُ بِالنَّوايا، بَلْ بِالنَّتائِجِ الفِعْلِيَّةِ عَلى أَرْضِ الواقِعِ.
Performance is measured not by intentions but by actual results on the ground.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فِعْلِيٌّ | فِعْلِيّونَ |
| Genitive | فِعْلِيٍّ | فِعْلِيّينَ |
| Accusative | فِعْلِيًّا | فِعْلِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا فِعْلِيُّ | يا فِعْلِيّونَ |
Word family
فِعْلact, deed, verb
فَعَلَto do, to act
فاعِلdoer, agent, grammatical subjectفَعّالeffective, activeمَفْعولobject, thing done
Etymology
The word is a nisba adjective built from the noun فِعْل (fiʿl), meaning act or deed, itself from the Semitic root f-ʿ-l, to do. The suffix -iyy turns the noun into an adjective meaning pertaining to the act, hence actual or real. In grammar the same word means verbal, since فِعْل also names the verb.
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