Arabic word sheet
فَعَلَ
To do, to carry out
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ف ع ل
Meaning and usage
To do, to carry out
To carry out an action of any kind. It is the most general verb for saying that someone acted.
فَعَلَ الطَّالِبُ مَا طَلَبَتْهُ الْمُعَلِّمَةُ
The student did what the teacher asked.
To do something with, to
With the little word meaning "with, to", it says what one does with a thing or what one does to someone.
فَعَلَتْ لَيْلَى بِالْوَرَقَةِ مَا أَرَادَتْ
Layla did what she wanted with the sheet of paper.
Word family
What the root means ف ع ل
The root is the general name for any action whatsoever. From it come "act", "fine deed", "doer", "to fabricate", "made up" and "to undergo the action".
act, deed
فِعْلٌ
fine deed, generous conduct
فَعَالٌ
doer, the one who acts
فَاعِلٌ
to fabricate, to make up
اِفْتَعَلَ
made up, artificial
مُفْتَعَلٌ
to undergo the action, to be affected
اِنْفَعَلَ
Synonyms
to work, to do
It implies sustained effort and a purpose, whereas the headword is broader and covers any act, however brief.
to make
صَنَعَ
It is narrower: it implies skill and something that gets produced.
Opposites
to leave, to refrain from