فعال

Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
ف ع ل (f-ʕ-l)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faʕ.ʕaːl/

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 llimā 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)

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
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fä.ʔɑ́ːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fɑːɑ́ːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fɔːɔ́ːl̥]

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 [like] a satisfied Jamshid in the seat of honor,
      O you are not the sun, but you are [like] 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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