A passive participle names the person or thing upon which the action falls. For a regular basic triliteral the canonical pattern is مَفْعُولٌ.
كَتَبَ → مَكْتُوبٌ
Translation: wrote → something written.
ضَرَبَ → مَضْرُوبٌ
Translation: struck → someone/something struck.
An active participle denotes the doer, whereas the passive participle relates the noun to the affected side of the same event.
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Definition of the Passive Participle
A passive participle names the person or thing upon which the action falls. For a regular basic triliteral the canonical pattern is مَفْعُولٌ.
كَتَبَ → مَكْتُوبٌ
Translation: wrote → something written.
ضَرَبَ → مَضْرُوبٌ
Translation: struck → someone/something struck.
An active participle denotes the doer, whereas the passive participle relates the noun to the affected side of the same event.