Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! The Active Participle إسمُ الفاعِل ======================================== In general, the meaning of the active participle is "performing/having performed" the action indicated by the verb. The English equivalent is commonly (a) an adjective ending in -ing, as in: ** ** (a) النـِّساءُ السَّاکناتُ في هذِهِ الشـَّقـَّةِ طالِباتٌ The women living in this apartment are students.
In addition, a great many Active Participles have taken on specific concrete meanings and are used as (b) ordinary nouns such as: (b) کاتِبٌ ، عامِلٌ ، طالِبٌ ، حاکِمٌ ، باحِثٌ ، ساکِنٌ The third possible use of the active participle is what the Arab Grammarians call the circumstantial or Haal Construction. **حَضَرَتِ الطالبَة ُ إلی الصَّفِّ** حامِلـَة ً کَتـُبَها **.** The student (f) came to class carrying her book. Previous Next