انفعال

Arabic

Root
ف ع ل (f ʕ l)
18 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْفَعَلَ (infaʕala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.fi.ʕaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

اِنْفِعَال • (infiʕālm (plural اِنْفِعَالَات (infiʕālāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِنْفَعَلَ (infaʕala) (form VII)
  2. excitement, commotion, agitation
  3. passivity
  4. (biology) stimulation
  5. feasibility, practicableness
  6. evil impression

Declension

Declension of noun اِنْفِعَال (infiʕāl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِنْفِعَال
infiʕāl
الِانْفِعَال
al-infiʕāl
اِنْفِعَال
infiʕāl
nominative اِنْفِعَالٌ
infiʕālun
الِانْفِعَالُ
al-infiʕālu
اِنْفِعَالُ
infiʕālu
accusative اِنْفِعَالًا
infiʕālan
الِانْفِعَالَ
al-infiʕāla
اِنْفِعَالَ
infiʕāla
genitive اِنْفِعَالٍ
infiʕālin
الِانْفِعَالِ
al-infiʕāli
اِنْفِعَالِ
infiʕāli
dual indefinite definite construct
informal اِنْفِعَالَيْن
infiʕālayn
الِانْفِعَالَيْن
al-infiʕālayn
اِنْفِعَالَيْ
infiʕālay
nominative اِنْفِعَالَانِ
infiʕālāni
الِانْفِعَالَانِ
al-infiʕālāni
اِنْفِعَالَا
infiʕālā
accusative اِنْفِعَالَيْنِ
infiʕālayni
الِانْفِعَالَيْنِ
al-infiʕālayni
اِنْفِعَالَيْ
infiʕālay
genitive اِنْفِعَالَيْنِ
infiʕālayni
الِانْفِعَالَيْنِ
al-infiʕālayni
اِنْفِعَالَيْ
infiʕālay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal اِنْفِعَالَات
infiʕālāt
الِانْفِعَالَات
al-infiʕālāt
اِنْفِعَالَات
infiʕālāt
nominative اِنْفِعَالَاتٌ
infiʕālātun
الِانْفِعَالَاتُ
al-infiʕālātu
اِنْفِعَالَاتُ
infiʕālātu
accusative اِنْفِعَالَاتٍ
infiʕālātin
الِانْفِعَالَاتِ
al-infiʕālāti
اِنْفِعَالَاتِ
infiʕālāti
genitive اِنْفِعَالَاتٍ
infiʕālātin
الِانْفِعَالَاتِ
al-infiʕālāti
اِنْفِعَالَاتِ
infiʕālāti

Descendants

  • Persian: انفعال (enfe'âl)
  • Ottoman Turkish: انفعال (infial)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “انفعال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فعل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْفِعَال (infiʕāl).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪɱ.fe̞.ʔɑ́ːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪɱ.fi.jɑ́ːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔiɱ.fi.jɔ́ːl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? infi'āl
Dari reading? infe'āl
Iranian reading? enfe'âl
Tajik reading? infi'ol

Noun

انفعال • (enfe'âl)

  1. reaction
    Synonyms: واکنش (vâkoneš), عکس العمل (akso-l-'amal)
    Antonym: فعل (fe'l, action)
  2. shame
    Synonym: شرم (šarm)
    Antonym: افتخار (eftexâr)

Further reading