فاعل

Derived from the active participle of the verb فَعَلَ‎ (faʕala, “to do, to affect”), from the root ف ع ل‎ (f-ʕ-l).

• IPA^(key): /faːʕil/

فَاعِل • (fāʕil) (form I, feminine فَاعِلَة‎ (fāʕila), masculine plural فَاعِلُون‎ (fāʕilūn) or فَعَلَة‎ (faʕala), feminine plural فَاعِلَات‎ (fāʕilāt) or فَوَاعِل‎ (fawāʕil))

1. active participle of فَعَلَ‎ (faʕala)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:23:

     ‏وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَلِكَ غَدًا‎

     walā taqūlanna lišayʔin ʔinnī fāʕilun ḏalika ḡadan

     And do not say with certainty for a thing: surely I will be a doer of that tomorrow.

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

فَاعِل • (fāʕil) (feminine فَاعِلَة‎ (fāʕila), elative أَفْعَل‎ (ʔafʕal))

1. effective
2. efficient

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• فَعَّال‎ (faʕʕāl)

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “فعل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

فَاعِل • (fāʕil) m (plural فَاعِلُون‎ (fāʕilūn) or فَعَلَة‎ (faʕala), feminine فَاعِلَة‎ (fāʕila))

1. doer, one who does something
2. worker

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

فَاعِل • (fāʕil) m

1. (grammar) subject, agent

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• اِسْم فَاعِل‎ (ism fāʕil)

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

1. (grammar) subject
2. (sex, law) top, the penetrating partner in a male homosexual intercourse

   Antonym: مفعول‎ (maf'ul)

• مفعول‎ (maf'ul)