Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Morphology 1 Active and Passive Participles What is an active participle? How is an active participle formed? What is a passive participle? How is a passive participle formed? An active participle is a form that denotes the actor of an action.
An active participle is formed: • from triliteral verbs: using the form فَاعِل, for example: ضَارِب سَامِع (listener, hitter) • from other than triliteral verbs: one must take the aorist active verb and replace the aorist letter with a mīm that has a dummah. For example: مُنطَلِق مُتقَدّم (starting point, well-advanced) The passive participle is a form that denotes what the verb happened on.
The passive participle is formed: • from triliteral verbs: using the form مَفعول, for example: مَضرُوب مَسمُوع (what was hit, what was heard) • from other than triliteral verbs: one must take the aorist passive verb and replace the aorist letter with a mīm that has a dummah. For example: مُکرَم مُقَدّم (honored, put forth) Previous Next