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)