activity
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Also written فعل: فِعْل (activity)
Highlights
Present tense
يَفْعَلُ
Verbal nouns
Active participle
Passive participle
مَفْعُول
Most common words from the same root
فَعَلَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to do
- to fulfill
- to act; to perform an activity without help
- to affect; to have an effect on
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *paʕala (“to act”). Cognate with Hebrew פָּעַל (pa'ál, “to do”) and Aramaic פעל (“to work”).
Words from the root ف-ع-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
فَعَلَ
· present يَفْعَلُ
Form I · The plain action
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
فِعْلِيّ
actual
فَعَّال
effecting
فَعَالِيَة
efficiency
فِعْلِيَّة
reality
اِنْفِعَالِيّ
excitable
أَفْعَل
elative degree of فَاعِل
فِعْلًا
indeed
فِعْلِيًّا
substantially
فَعَلَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | فَعَلْتُ | أَفْعَلُ | أَفْعَلَ | أَفْعَلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | فَعَلْتَ | تَفْعَلُ | تَفْعَلَ | تَفْعَلْ | اِفْعَلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | فَعَلْتِ | تَفْعَلِينَ | تَفْعَلِي | تَفْعَلِي | اِفْعَلِي |
| هُوَ he | فَعَلَ | يَفْعَلُ | يَفْعَلَ | يَفْعَلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | فَعَلَتْ | تَفْعَلُ | تَفْعَلَ | تَفْعَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | فَعَلْتُمَا | تَفْعَلَانِ | تَفْعَلَا | تَفْعَلَا | اِفْعَلَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | فَعَلَا | يَفْعَلَانِ | يَفْعَلَا | يَفْعَلَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | فَعَلَتَا | تَفْعَلَانِ | تَفْعَلَا | تَفْعَلَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | فَعَلْنَا | نَفْعَلُ | نَفْعَلَ | نَفْعَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | فَعَلْتُمْ | تَفْعَلُونَ | تَفْعَلُوا | تَفْعَلُوا | اِفْعَلُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | فَعَلْتُنَّ | تَفْعَلْنَ | تَفْعَلْنَ | تَفْعَلْنَ | اِفْعَلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | فَعَلُوا | يَفْعَلُونَ | يَفْعَلُوا | يَفْعَلُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | فَعَلْنَ | يَفْعَلْنَ | يَفْعَلْنَ | يَفْعَلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | فَعْل، فِعْل، فَعَال، فَعْلَة، فِعْلَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | فَاعِل |
| Passive participle | مَفْعُول |
فَعَلَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
لاَ تَفْعَلُوا هكَذَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ.Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 12:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَفَعَلُوا هكَذَا، وَأَتْكَأُوا الْجَمِيعَ.And they did so, and made them all sit down.Luke 9:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَقَالَ: «لاَ تَفْعَلُوا شَرًّا يَا إِخْوَتِي.And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.Genesis 19:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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