Arabic: An Essential Grammar

23.5 Active participles and passive participles of the derived verb

forms II–X are formed according to the pattern below with the

prefix ُمـ... :

(a) Active participle

(b) Passive participle

(See also table A1.1 of the verb fa



ala in Appendix 1.)

Examples of verb forms II and III:

23.6 Verbal noun (mas

̇

dar)

(a) The verbal noun is called َم ْص َد ٌر mas

̇

dar, which means ‘source’.

It is a noun derived from the verb and denotes the action, quality

or state expressed by the verb. For example, the verbal noun

(I) II III IV V VI VII VIII

(َفا ِع ٌل) ّع ٌل

َّع ٌل ُم ْف ِع ٌل ُم َفا ِع ٌل ُم َفَُم ْف َت ِع ٌل ُم ْن َف ِع ٌل ُم َت َفا ِع ٌل ُم َت َف

IX X

لٌّ ُم ْس َت ْف ِع ٌل ُم ْف َع

(I) II III IV V VI VII VIII

(َم ْف ُعو ٌل) ع ٌلَّع ٌل ُم ْف َع ٌل ُم َفا َع ٌل ُم َفَُّم ْف َت َع ٌل ُم ْن َف َع ٌل ُم َت َفا َع ٌل ُم َت َف

IX X

ُم ْس َت ْف َع ٌل

verb active participle passive participle

II ل َمََّع ل ٌمُّم َعَ ل ٌمَُّم َع



allama mu



allimun mu



allamun

to teach teacher taught, educated

III ُم َسا ِع ٌد َسا َع َد ُم َسا َع ٌد

sa ̄



ada musa ̄



idun musa ̄



adun

to help helper, assistant one who has received help, been

assisted

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Participles,

verbal

nouns,

nouns of

place, time,

instrument