LessonsActive Participles: Definition, Patterns, Paradigms and DerivationQuiz

For the regular sound three-radical perfect verb, the active participle follows فَاعِلٌ: an alif appears after the first radical and the second radical takes kasrah.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
نَصَرَ ← نَاصِرٌhelper.
ضَرَبَ ← ضَارِبٌstriker.
سَمِعَ ← سَامِعٌlistener.

The letters fāʾ, ʿayn and lām in the pattern are placeholders for the actual root consonants.

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Active Participles: Definition, Patterns, Paradigms and Derivation

For the regular sound three-radical perfect verb, the active participle follows فَاعِلٌ: an alif appears after the first radical and the second radical takes kasrah.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
نَصَرَ ← نَاصِرٌhelper.
ضَرَبَ ← ضَارِبٌstriker.
سَمِعَ ← سَامِعٌlistener.

The letters fāʾ, ʿayn and lām in the pattern are placeholders for the actual root consonants.