In this post, I continue to explain the formation of the active participle (اسم الفاعل) from verb forms (VI-X), and I give some exceptional rules to note when making this form, especially as regards doubled verbs. In the beginning, I remind you of the steps that we have to follow to form the active participle from form (VI-X). First, we have to make the present form of the verb, then we replace the first letter of the present form with the letter (مُ) and place a kasra (ـِ) “short i” on the penultimate letter, i.e. the one before last. The table below shows the appropriate verb forms and the active participle with example:
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Form VI |
تفاعَلَ |
يتفاعَلُ |
مُتَفاعِلُ |
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Example |
تَفاهَم |
يَتَفاهَم |
مُتفاهِم |
To agree/reach an understanding |
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Form VII |
انفعَلَ |
ينفعِلُ |
مُنفَعِلُ |
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Example |
اِنْشَغَل |
يَنْشَغِل |
مُنشَغِل |
To be busy / reoccupied with |
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Form VIII |
افتعَلَ |
يفتعِل |
مُفتعِلُ |
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Example |
اِقتَرَب |
يَقتَرِب |
مُقتَرِب |
To come close /approach |
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Form IX |
افعَلَّ |
يفعَلُّ |
مُفعَلّ |
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Example |
اِحمَرَّ |
يَحمَرّ |
مُحمَرّ * |
To become red |
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Form X |
اِستَفعَلَ |
يَستَفعِلُ |
مُستَفعِلُ |
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Example |
اِستَخدَم |
يَستَخدِم |
مُستَخدِم |
To use |
كنت أعتقد أنهم مختلفون ولكنهم في الحقيقة متفاهمون تماماً.
“I thought that they were in disagreement, but they in fact agree with each other completely.”
منذ ساعة كان عندي وقت فراغ ولكني الآن منشغل بترتيب غرفتي.
“I had some spare time an hour earlier, but I am now busy arranging my room.”
احترس يبدو أن القطار مقترب منا بسرعة كبيرة.
“Beware, the train seems to be approaching us in very high speed.”
منى تشعر بالخجل ووجهها محمرّ.
“Mona feels shy and she is blushed (lit. her face is reddened).”
يزداد عدد مستخدمي الإنترنت يوماً بعد يوم.
“The number of internet users increases day by day.”
* It should be noted that doubled verbs, for example form IX, do not always take a short ion the penultimate letter because the last 2 letters are written as one with a doubling (shadda) on top.
