Al-Nahw al-Wadih Primary — Volume 3 (النحو الواضح للمرحلة الابتدائية) — Page 80

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

عَلَى فَاعِلِ الصِّدْقِ، وَنَادِمٌ يَدُلُّ عَلَى فَاعِلِ النَّدَمِ، وَسَارِقٌ يَدُلُّ عَلَى فَاعِلِ السَّرِقَةِ، وَهَلُمَّ جَرَّا؛ وَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تُسَمَّى كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ اسْمَ فَاعِلٍ.

It points to the one who tells the truth, just as a regretful person points to the one who feels regret, a thief to the one who commits theft, and so on. For this reason, each of these words is called an active participle.

انْظُرْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْأَفْعَالِ فِي أَمْثِلَةِ الْقِسْمِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَهِيَ صَدَقَ، سَرَقَ، نَدِمَ.

Now, look at the verbs in the first section examples: to tell the truth, to steal, and to regret.

تَجِدُهَا فِي الْأَمْثِلَةِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الْأُولَى أَفْعَالًا ثُلَاثِيَّةً، وَفِي الْأَمْثِلَةِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ أَفْعَالًا غَيْرَ ثُلَاثِيَّةٍ؛ وَإِذَا تَأَمَّلْتَ اسْمَ الْفَاعِلِ الْمَأْخُوذَ مِنَ الثُّلَاثِيِّ وَجَدْتَهُ عَلَى صُورَةِ «فَاعِل» فِي عَدَدِ الْحُرُوفِ وَالشَّكْلِ.

You will find that the first four examples use three-letter verbs, while the next four use verbs with more than three letters. If you examine the active participle derived from a three-letter verb, you will see it follows the pattern of 'fa'il' in both letter count and vocalization.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (22 verbs · 35 nouns)

• دَلَّ — to indicate
• سَمَّى — to name
• نَظَرَ — to look
• فَاعِل — doer
• صِدْق — truthfulness
• نَادِم — regretful