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أَكْرَمَ means “he honoured,” and its active imperfect is يُكْرِمُ. Replacing the imperfect prefix with مُ yields مُكْرِمٌ.
أَكْرَمَ ← يُكْرِمُ ← مُكْرِمٌ
Meaning: one who honours.
The radicals are kāf, rāʾ and mīm, while the initial mīm of the derived form is a formation marker. This explains why participles of augmented forms need not look like simple triliteral fāʿil.

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Deriving مُكْرِمٌ from أَكْرَمَ

Active Participles: Definition, Patterns, Paradigms and Derivation

أَكْرَمَ means “he honoured,” and its active imperfect is يُكْرِمُ. Replacing the imperfect prefix with مُ yields مُكْرِمٌ.
أَكْرَمَ ← يُكْرِمُ ← مُكْرِمٌ
Meaning: one who honours.
The radicals are kāf, rāʾ and mīm, while the initial mīm of the derived form is a formation marker. This explains why participles of augmented forms need not look like simple triliteral fāʿil.