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ف-ع-ل
The Arabic root ف-ع-ل (f-a-l)
Form I verb فَعَلَ: to do
32 words in the dictionary are built from ف-ع-ل, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Adjective
فِعْلِيّ
actual
Noun
فِعْل
verb
Adjective
فَاعِل
effective
Adjective
فَعَّال
effecting
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to do; to fulfill; to act; to perform an activity without help
فَعَّلَ
· present يُفَعِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to activate
تَفْعِيل
activation
مُفَعِّل
مُفَعَّل
فَاعَلَ
· present يُفَاعِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to react; to cause to react
فِعَال
مُفَاعَلَة
مُفَاعِل
reactor
مُفَاعَل
تَفَعَّلَ
· present يَتَفَعَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to become activated; to come into operation
تَفَعُّل
مُتَفَعِّل
تَفَاعَلَ
· present يَتَفَاعَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to interact; to combine (with something); to react
تَفَاعُل
interaction
مُتَفَاعِل
مُتَفَاعَل
اِنْفَعَلَ
· present يَنْفَعِلُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to be done; to be influenced; to be moved; to be agitated; to be upset; to be stirred up; to be edgy
اِنْفِعَال
excitement
مُنْفَعِل
infuriated
مُنْفَعَل
اِفْتَعَلَ
· present يَفْتَعِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to concoct; to invent; to create; to devise; to do intentionally; to commit deliberately; to falsify; to fabricate; to contrive
اِفْتِعَال
creation
مُفْتَعِل
مُفْتَعَل
made-up act
اِسْتَفْعَلَ
· present يَسْتَفْعِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to forge; to fake; to counterfeit (something); to slander; to make false allegations against (someone)
اِسْتِفْعَال
مُسْتَفْعِل
مُسْتَفْعَل
Other nouns and adjectives
فِعْلِيّ
actual
فَعَّال
effecting
فَعَالِيَة
efficiency
فِعْلِيَّة
reality
اِنْفِعَالِيّ
excitable
أَفْعَل
elative degree of فَاعِل
فِعْلًا
indeed
فِعْلِيًّا
substantially
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