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مفعول passive in Arabic

مفعول is how you say “passive” in Arabic.

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والدافق قيل إنه فاعل بمعنى مفعول كقولهم سر كاتم وعيشة راضية

And it is said that "dafiq" is an active participle with the meaning of a passive, like their saying "sir katim" and "ʿīsha rāḍiya."

مَفْعُولٍ a passive

The grammatical term 'passive participle' (the maf'ul form), in the genitive as the owned noun of 'with the meaning of a passive'. The whole point: a word shaped like a doer-noun can carry the sense of a done-to noun.

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