فعال

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ف ع ل (f ʕ l)
16 terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

فَعَّال • (faʕʕāl) (feminine فَعَّالَة (faʕʕāla))

  1. (of a person) who does things or realizes them; effecting
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 85:14-16:
      وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ / ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ / فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
      wahuwa l-ḡafūru l-wadūdu / ḏū l-ʕarši l-majīdu / faʕʕālun limā yurīdu
      And He is the Most-Forgiving, the Most-Loving, / Of the Throne, the Glorious, / Effecting what He wills.
  2. (of a thing) that causes effects; affecting; active
    Synonym: مُؤَثِّر (muʔaṯṯir)
    1. effective; effectual; efficacious
Declension
Declension of adjective فَعَّال (faʕʕāl)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَعَّال
faʕʕāl 		الْفَعَّال
al-faʕʕāl 		فَعَّالَة
faʕʕāla 		الْفَعَّالَة
al-faʕʕāla
Nominative فَعَّالٌ
faʕʕālun 		الْفَعَّالُ
al-faʕʕālu 		فَعَّالَةٌ
faʕʕālatun 		الْفَعَّالَةُ
al-faʕʕālatu
Accusative فَعَّالًا
faʕʕālan 		الْفَعَّالَ
al-faʕʕāla 		فَعَّالَةً
faʕʕālatan 		الْفَعَّالَةَ
al-faʕʕālata
Genitive فَعَّالٍ
faʕʕālin 		الْفَعَّالِ
al-faʕʕāli 		فَعَّالَةٍ
faʕʕālatin 		الْفَعَّالَةِ
al-faʕʕālati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَعَّالَيْن
faʕʕālayn 		الْفَعَّالَيْن
al-faʕʕālayn 		فَعَّالَتَيْن
faʕʕālatayn 		الْفَعَّالَتَيْن
al-faʕʕālatayn
Nominative فَعَّالَانِ
faʕʕālāni 		الْفَعَّالَانِ
al-faʕʕālāni 		فَعَّالَتَانِ
faʕʕālatāni 		الْفَعَّالَتَانِ
al-faʕʕālatāni
Accusative فَعَّالَيْنِ
faʕʕālayni 		الْفَعَّالَيْنِ
al-faʕʕālayni 		فَعَّالَتَيْنِ
faʕʕālatayni 		الْفَعَّالَتَيْنِ
al-faʕʕālatayni
Genitive فَعَّالَيْنِ
faʕʕālayni 		الْفَعَّالَيْنِ
al-faʕʕālayni 		فَعَّالَتَيْنِ
faʕʕālatayni 		الْفَعَّالَتَيْنِ
al-faʕʕālatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal ?
? 		?
? 		فَعَّالَات
faʕʕālāt 		الْفَعَّالَات
al-faʕʕālāt
Nominative ?
? 		?
? 		فَعَّالَاتٌ
faʕʕālātun 		الْفَعَّالَاتُ
al-faʕʕālātu
Accusative ?
? 		?
? 		فَعَّالَاتٍ
faʕʕālātin 		الْفَعَّالَاتِ
al-faʕʕālāti
Genitive ?
? 		?
? 		فَعَّالَاتٍ
faʕʕālātin 		الْفَعَّالَاتِ
al-faʕʕālāti
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: fəal
  • → Chagatai: فعال
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فعال (faʿʿâl)
  • → Persian: فعال (fa'âl)

Etymology 2

Noun

فِعَال • (fiʕāl) pl

  1. plural of فِعْل (fiʕl)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَعَّال (faʕʕāl).

Noun

فعال • (faʿʿâl)

  1. a constant, habitual actor, or worker; especially, God

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَعَّال (faʕʕāl).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? fa'āl
Dari reading? fa'āl
Iranian reading? fa'âl
Tajik reading? faʾol
Dari فعال
Iranian Persian
Tajik фаол

Adjective

فعال • (fa'âl) (comparative فعال‌تَر (fa'âl-tar), superlative فعال‌تَرین (fa'âl-tarin))

  1. active
  2. energetic, vivacious, efficacious
    • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 112”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎:
      ای نه جمشید و بصدر اندر جمشید سیر
      ای نه خورشید و ببزم اندر خورشید فعال
      ay na jamšēd u ba sadr andar jamšēd-i sēr
      ay na xwaršēd u ba bazm andar xwaršēd-i fa'āl
      O you are not Jamshid, but you are a satisfied Jamshid in the seat of honor,
      O you are not the sun, but you are the energetic sun in the feast.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Noun

فعال • (fa'âl) (plural فعالان (fa'âlân))

  1. activist
    فعال سیاسی ― fa'âl-e siyâsi ― political activist
    فعال حقوقی ― fa'âl-e hoquqi ― legal activist

Derived terms

Further reading

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