LessonsPassive Participles: Definition, Six Forms and DerivationQuiz

مَفْعُولٌ is the regular sound-triliteral pattern. Augmented verbs retain the structural features of their own forms.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
نَصَرَ ← مَنْصُورٌForm I, mafʿūl.
أَكْرَمَ ← مُكْرَمٌForm IV, mufʿal.
اِجْتَنَبَ ← مُجْتَنَبٌForm VIII, muftaʿal.
تَقَبَّلَ ← مُتَقَبَّلٌForm V, mutafaʿʿal.

Forcing every passive participle onto the simple mafʿūl pattern loses the augmented form's characteristic consonants.

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Why not every passive participle is مَفْعُولٌ

Passive Participles: Definition, Six Forms and Derivation

مَفْعُولٌ is the regular sound-triliteral pattern. Augmented verbs retain the structural features of their own forms.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
نَصَرَ ← مَنْصُورٌForm I, mafʿūl.
أَكْرَمَ ← مُكْرَمٌForm IV, mufʿal.
اِجْتَنَبَ ← مُجْتَنَبٌForm VIII, muftaʿal.
تَقَبَّلَ ← مُتَقَبَّلٌForm V, mutafaʿʿal.

Forcing every passive participle onto the simple mafʿūl pattern loses the augmented form's characteristic consonants.