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Arabic root

ف-ع-ل

3 words from this root family

A1verb
يَفْعَلُ
yafʿalu

he does / he makes

Example
مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ الْآنَ؟
mādhā yafʿalu al-āna?
What is he doing now?
Grammar

Form I verb. The root f-ʿ-l is used as the template pattern for all Arabic verb forms.

A1verb
فَعَلَ
faʿala

to do / to make

Example
ماذا فعلتَ اليومَ؟
mādhā faʿalta al-yawma?
What did you do today?
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: fa'ala, Present: yaf'alu. The root ف-ع-ل is used as the template for all verb forms.

B2noun
تَفَاعُل كِيمِيَائِيّ
tafāʿul kīmiyāʾiyy

chemical reaction

Example
يُنتِجُ التَّفاعُلُ الكيميائِيُّ مَوادَّ جَديدَة.
yuntiqu t-tafāʿulu l-kīmiyāʾiyyu mawādda jadīda.
A chemical reaction produces new substances.