LessonsAl-Marfūʿāt: The Fāʿil, Its Definition and Full ParsingQuiz

The first four categories in the original list are: الْفَاعِلُ، وَمَفْعُولُ مَا لَمْ يُسَمَّ فَاعِلُهُ، وَالْمُبْتَدَأُ، وَالْخَبَرُ.
Translation: The fāʿil, the patient of a verb whose doer is not named (the nāʾib al-fāʿil), the mubtadaʾ, and the khabar.

مفعول ما لم يسم فاعله is the noun raised with a passive verb; it is commonly called نائب فاعل. Example: ضُرِبَ زَيْدٌ — “Zayd was struck.” Here زَيْدٌ is nāʾib al-fāʿil.

The مبتدأ is the noun about which a nominal sentence begins, and the خبر tells us something about it: زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ — “Zayd is standing.”

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The Eight Categories: First Four

Al-Marfūʿāt: The Fāʿil, Its Definition and Full Parsing

The first four categories in the original list are: الْفَاعِلُ، وَمَفْعُولُ مَا لَمْ يُسَمَّ فَاعِلُهُ، وَالْمُبْتَدَأُ، وَالْخَبَرُ.
Translation: The fāʿil, the patient of a verb whose doer is not named (the nāʾib al-fāʿil), the mubtadaʾ, and the khabar.

مفعول ما لم يسم فاعله is the noun raised with a passive verb; it is commonly called نائب فاعل. Example: ضُرِبَ زَيْدٌ — “Zayd was struck.” Here زَيْدٌ is nāʾib al-fāʿil.

The مبتدأ is the noun about which a nominal sentence begins, and the خبر tells us something about it: زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ — “Zayd is standing.”