grace
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Also written فضل: فَضْل (grace)
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Most common words from the same root
فَضَلَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to remain, to be left over intransitive
- to exceed or outdo (especially in virtue, merit, or worth); to outworth transitive
Words from the root ف-ض-ل
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فَضَلَ
· present يَفْضُلُ
Form I · The plain action
to remain, to be left over; to exceed or outdo (especially in virtue, merit, or worth); to outworth
فَاضِل
مَفْضُول
فَضْلَة
what remains
فَضُلَ
· present يَفْضُلُ
Form I · The plain action
to become meritorious; to become illustrious
فُضُول
curiosity
فَاضِل
فَضَّلَ
· present يُفَضِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to deem more favorable, to prefer, to favor; to make dominant, to privilege
to do a favor for, to oblige; to present, to honor; to grant, to award, to bestow
إِفْضَال
مُفْضِل
مُفْضَل
تَفَضَّلَ
· present يَتَفَضَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to have the kindness of; be so kind; deign, condescend
تَفَضُّل
courteousness
مُتَفَضِّل
مُتَفَضَّل
تَفَاضَلَ
· present يَتَفَاضَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to differ in excellence
تَفَاضُل
superiority
مُتَفَاضِل
مُتَفَاضَل
فَضَلَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | فَضَلْتُ | أَفْضُلُ | أَفْضُلَ | أَفْضُلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | فَضَلْتَ | تَفْضُلُ | تَفْضُلَ | تَفْضُلْ | اُفْضُلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | فَضَلْتِ | تَفْضُلِينَ | تَفْضُلِي | تَفْضُلِي | اُفْضُلِي |
| هُوَ he | فَضَلَ | يَفْضُلُ | يَفْضُلَ | يَفْضُلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | فَضَلَتْ | تَفْضُلُ | تَفْضُلَ | تَفْضُلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | فَضَلْتُمَا | تَفْضُلَانِ | تَفْضُلَا | تَفْضُلَا | اُفْضُلَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | فَضَلَا | يَفْضُلَانِ | يَفْضُلَا | يَفْضُلَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | فَضَلَتَا | تَفْضُلَانِ | تَفْضُلَا | تَفْضُلَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | فَضَلْنَا | نَفْضُلُ | نَفْضُلَ | نَفْضُلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | فَضَلْتُمْ | تَفْضُلُونَ | تَفْضُلُوا | تَفْضُلُوا | اُفْضُلُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | فَضَلْتُنَّ | تَفْضُلْنَ | تَفْضُلْنَ | تَفْضُلْنَ | اُفْضُلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | فَضَلُوا | يَفْضُلُونَ | يَفْضُلُوا | يَفْضُلُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | فَضَلْنَ | يَفْضُلْنَ | يَفْضُلْنَ | يَفْضُلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | فَضْل |
|---|---|
| Active participle | فَاضِل |
| Passive participle | مَفْضُول |
فَضَلَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «الَّذِي جَمَعَ كَثِيرًا لَمْ يُفْضِلْ، وَالَّذِي جَمَعَ قَلِيلاً لَمْ يُنْقِصْ».As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.2 Corinthians 8:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَرَجَعَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ وَقَالَ: كَمْ مِنْ أَجِيرٍ لأَبِي يَفْضُلُ عَنْهُ الْخُبْزُ وَأَنَا أَهْلِكُ جُوعًا!And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!Luke 15:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَجَمَعُوا وَمَلأُوا اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ قُفَّةً مِنَ الْكِسَرِ، مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَرْغِفَةِ الشَّعِيرِ، الَّتِي فَضَلَتْ عَنِ الآكِلِينَ.Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.John 6:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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