مُخْتَارٌ can function as both an active participle and a passive participle. Hollow-stem alteration causes their written forms to coincide, but their semantic roles remain distinct.
Active participle: مُخْتَارٌ — one who chooses.
Passive participle: مُخْتَارٌ — one or something chosen.
If a person is called “the chooser,” the relation is active; if an option is called “the chosen one,” the relation is passive. Sentence context, rather than spelling alone, establishes the intended interpretation.
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Mukhtār: Identical Surface, Distinct Roles
Derived Hollow Wāw and Yāʾ Verbs: Short Paradigms and Morphological Reasoning
مُخْتَارٌ can function as both an active participle and a passive participle. Hollow-stem alteration causes their written forms to coincide, but their semantic roles remain distinct.
Active participle: مُخْتَارٌ — one who chooses.
Passive participle: مُخْتَارٌ — one or something chosen.
If a person is called “the chooser,” the relation is active; if an option is called “the chosen one,” the relation is passive. Sentence context, rather than spelling alone, establishes the intended interpretation.