active participle

English

Noun

active participle (plural active participles)

(grammar) A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the active voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the agent of the action denoted by the verb.

Derived terms

active participial

Translations

active participle

Arabic: اِسْمُ ٱلْفَاعِلِ‎ m (ismu l-fāʿili, literally “name of the doer”)

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