active participle

English

Noun

active participle (plural active participles)

1. (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: اِسْم فَاعِل (ar) m (ism fāʕil)
• Finnish: aktiivin partisiippi
• German: aktives Partizip n
• Japanese: 能動分詞 (のうどうぶんし, nōdōbunshi)
• Polish: imiesłów czynny m
• Portuguese: particípio ativo m
• Russian: действи́тельное прича́стие (ru) n (dejstvítelʹnoje pričástije)
• Turkish: aktif ortaç, aktif mastar, aktif sıfat-fiili
• Vietnamese: phân từ chủ động
• Welsh: rhangymeriad gweithredol m

See also

• Category:Active participles by language