منفعل

Arabic

Root
ف ع ل (f ʕ l)
18 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِنْفَعَلَ (infaʕala, “to become infuriated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun.fa.ʕil/

Adjective

مُنْفَعِل • (munfaʕil) (feminine مُنْفَعِلَة (munfaʕila), masculine plural مُنْفَعِلُونَ (munfaʕilūna), feminine plural مُنْفَعِلَات (munfaʕilāt))

1. infuriated, agitated, distraught, enraged
2. emotional

Declension

Declension of adjective مُنْفَعِل (munfaʕil)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْفَعِل munfaʕil	الْمُنْفَعِل al-munfaʕil	مُنْفَعِلَة munfaʕila	الْمُنْفَعِلَة al-munfaʕila
nominative	مُنْفَعِلٌ munfaʕilun	الْمُنْفَعِلُ al-munfaʕilu	مُنْفَعِلَةٌ munfaʕilatun	الْمُنْفَعِلَةُ al-munfaʕilatu
accusative	مُنْفَعِلًا munfaʕilan	الْمُنْفَعِلَ al-munfaʕila	مُنْفَعِلَةً munfaʕilatan	الْمُنْفَعِلَةَ al-munfaʕilata
genitive	مُنْفَعِلٍ munfaʕilin	الْمُنْفَعِلِ al-munfaʕili	مُنْفَعِلَةٍ munfaʕilatin	الْمُنْفَعِلَةِ al-munfaʕilati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْفَعِلَيْن munfaʕilayn	الْمُنْفَعِلَيْن al-munfaʕilayn	مُنْفَعِلَتَيْن munfaʕilatayn	الْمُنْفَعِلَتَيْن al-munfaʕilatayn
nominative	مُنْفَعِلَانِ munfaʕilāni	الْمُنْفَعِلَانِ al-munfaʕilāni	مُنْفَعِلَتَانِ munfaʕilatāni	الْمُنْفَعِلَتَانِ al-munfaʕilatāni
accusative	مُنْفَعِلَيْنِ munfaʕilayni	الْمُنْفَعِلَيْنِ al-munfaʕilayni	مُنْفَعِلَتَيْنِ munfaʕilatayni	الْمُنْفَعِلَتَيْنِ al-munfaʕilatayni
genitive	مُنْفَعِلَيْنِ munfaʕilayni	الْمُنْفَعِلَيْنِ al-munfaʕilayni	مُنْفَعِلَتَيْنِ munfaʕilatayni	الْمُنْفَعِلَتَيْنِ al-munfaʕilatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْفَعِلِين munfaʕilīn	الْمُنْفَعِلِين al-munfaʕilīn	مُنْفَعِلَات munfaʕilāt	الْمُنْفَعِلَات al-munfaʕilāt
nominative	مُنْفَعِلُونَ munfaʕilūna	الْمُنْفَعِلُونَ al-munfaʕilūna	مُنْفَعِلَاتٌ munfaʕilātun	الْمُنْفَعِلَاتُ al-munfaʕilātu
accusative	مُنْفَعِلِينَ munfaʕilīna	الْمُنْفَعِلِينَ al-munfaʕilīna	مُنْفَعِلَاتٍ munfaʕilātin	الْمُنْفَعِلَاتِ al-munfaʕilāti
genitive	مُنْفَعِلِينَ munfaʕilīna	الْمُنْفَعِلِينَ al-munfaʕilīna	مُنْفَعِلَاتٍ munfaʕilātin	الْمُنْفَعِلَاتِ al-munfaʕilāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: münfəil
• → Persian: منفعل
  • → Urdu: منفعل
• → Ottoman Turkish: منفعل
  • → Turkish: münfail
• → Uzbek: munfail

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنْفَعِل (munfaʕil).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mun.fa.ˈʔil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɱ.fä.ʔɪ́l]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊɱ.fä.ʔɪ́l]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊɱ.fä.jɪ́l]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muɱ.fä.jíl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɱ.fæ.ʔél̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muɱ.fä.ʔíl]

Readings
Classical reading?	munfa'il
Dari reading?	munfa'il
Iranian reading?	monfa'el
Tajik reading?	munfaʾil

Adjective

Dari	منفعل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мунфаил

منفعل • (monfa'el)

1. ashamed

   Synonym: شرمنده (šarmande)

2. confused, agitated, distraught

   Synonyms: پریشان (parišân), مضطرب (moztareb)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “منفعل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “منفعل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press