LessonsActive Participles: Definition, Patterns, Paradigms and DerivationQuiz

For a perfect verb with more than three letters, the active participle is not normally forced into the simple فَاعِلٌ template. Start from its active imperfect.
Replace the imperfect prefix with mīm carrying ḍammah (مُ), give the penultimate letter kasrah, and use the appropriate noun ending.
يُكْرِمُ ← مُكْرِمٌ — one who honours.
This process preserves the broader morphological form while producing the agent noun.

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The rule for verbs longer than three letters

Active Participles: Definition, Patterns, Paradigms and Derivation

For a perfect verb with more than three letters, the active participle is not normally forced into the simple فَاعِلٌ template. Start from its active imperfect.
Replace the imperfect prefix with mīm carrying ḍammah (مُ), give the penultimate letter kasrah, and use the appropriate noun ending.
يُكْرِمُ ← مُكْرِمٌ — one who honours.
This process preserves the broader morphological form while producing the agent noun.