فعل

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See also: ف ع ل

Arabic

Root
ف ع ل (f-ʕ-l)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Hebrew פָּעַל (pa'ál, to do).

Pronunciation

Verb

فَعَلَ (faʕala) I, non-past يَفْعَلُ‎ (yafʕalu)

  1. to do
  2. to fulfill
  3. to act, to perform an activity without help
  4. to affect, to have an effect on
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

فَعَّلَ (faʕʕala) II, non-past يُفَعِّلُ‎ (yufaʕʕilu)

  1. to activate
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

فِعْل (fiʕlm (plural أَفْعَال (ʔafʕāl) or فِعَال (fiʕāl))

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of فَعَلَ (faʕala) (form I)
  2. activity, action, work
  3. performance, acting
  4. vocation, employment
  5. function
  6. deed, act, action
  7. effect, impact, influence
Declension

Noun

فِعْل (fiʕlm (plural أَفْعَال (ʔafʕāl))

  1. (grammar) verb
    Hyponyms: فِعْل أَجْوَف (fiʕl ʔajwaf), فِعْل مَهْمُوز (fiʕl mahmūz), فِعْل مِثَال (fiʕl miṯāl), فِعْل مُضَعَّف (fiʕl muḍaʕʕaf), فِعْل مُعْتَلّ (fiʕl muʕtall), فِعْل نَاقِص (fiʕl nāqiṣ), فِعْل صَحِيح (fiʕl ṣaḥīḥ), فِعْل لَازِم (fiʕl lāzim), فِعْل مُتَعَدٍّ (fiʕl mutaʕaddin), فِعْل تَامّ (fiʕl tāmm), فِعْل نَاسِخ (fiʕl nāsiḵ), فِعْل جَامِد (fiʕl jāmid), فِعْل مَزِيد (fiʕl mazīd), فِعْل مُجَرَّد (fiʕl mujarrad), فِعْل مَاضٍ (fiʕl māḍin), فِعْل مُضَارِع (fiʕl muḍāriʕ)
    • Ibn Malik
      كَلَامُنَا لَفْظٌ مُفِيدٌ كَٱسْتَقِمْ / وَٱسْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ ثُمَّ حَرْفٌ ٱلْكَلِم
      kalāmunā lafẓun mufīdun kastaqim / wasmun wafiʕlun ṯumma ḥarfun l-kalim
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Derived terms

Noun

فِعْل (fiʕlm (plural أَفَاعِيل (ʔafāʕīl))

  1. exploit, great deed, feat
Declension

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

فَعْل (faʕlm

  1. verbal noun of فَعَلَ (faʕala) (form I)
Declension
Descendants

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Pronunciation

Noun

فعل (Rumi spelling fiil)

  1. work
  2. attitude

Synonyms

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Noun

فعل (fil) (plural افعال (efal))

  1. action, deed
  2. (grammar) verb

References

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Readings
Classical reading? fi'l
Dari reading? fe'l
Iranian reading? fe'l
Tajik reading? feʾl

Noun

Dari فعل
Iranian Persian
Tajik феъл

فعل (fe'l) (plural فعل‌ها (fe'l-hâ) or افعال (af'âl))

  1. act
  2. action
  3. (grammar) verb

Synonyms

Hyponyms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ع ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Pronunciation

Noun

فعل (fiʕlm (plural أفعال (ʔafʕāl))

  1. action
  2. verb

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فعل (fi'l), from Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Noun

فعل (fe'lm

  1. (grammar) verb
  2. act
  3. action
  4. deed
  5. work