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The Arabic active participle (Verb form VI-X) Posted by on Jul 10, 2009 in Grammar

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:

 

Form VI

تفاعَلَ

يتفاعَلُ

مُتَفاعِلُ

 

Example

تَفاهَم

يَتَفاهَم

مُتفاهِم

To agree/reach an understanding

Form VII

انفعَلَ

ينفعِلُ

مُنفَعِلُ

 

Example

اِنْشَغَل

يَنْشَغِل

مُنشَغِل

To be busy / reoccupied with

Form VIII

افتعَلَ

يفتعِل

مُفتعِلُ

 

Example

اِقتَرَب

يَقتَرِب

مُقتَرِب

To come close /approach

Form IX

افعَلَّ

يفعَلُّ

مُفعَلّ

 

Example

اِحمَرَّ

يَحمَرّ

مُحمَرّ*

To become red

Form X

اِستَفعَلَ

يَستَفعِلُ

مُستَفعِلُ

 

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.

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