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The document discusses the passive participle in Arabic. It explains that the passive participle refers to something that an action was enacted upon. It describes how to form the masculine and feminine passive participle by placing the root letters into specific patterns. Finally, it notes that the conjugations of the passive participle must be memorized from the provided table before moving to the next lesson.

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Lesson 12

The document discusses the passive participle in Arabic. It explains that the passive participle refers to something that an action was enacted upon. It describes how to form the masculine and feminine passive participle by placing the root letters into specific patterns. Finally, it notes that the conjugations of the passive participle must be memorized from the provided table before moving to the next lesson.

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Lesson Twelve: The Passive Participle

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PRINCIPLE ONE
The passive participle ( ) refers to a person or thing upon which
the action described by the base letters is enacted. For example, the
letters - - mean “to do” and its passive participle refers to
“that which was done.”

PRINCIPLE TWO
The masculine form of the passive participle is constructed by placing the
three base letters on the pattern of . For example, replacing the f ’
( ), ‘ain ( ), and l m ( ) positions in this pattern with -- (to
strike) forms (a male who was struck or a masculine object that was
struck) [figure 12.1].

PRINCIPLE THREE
The feminine form of the passive participle is constructed by placing the
three base letters on the pattern of . For example, -- (to
strike) becomes (a female who was struck or a feminine object that was
struck).

PRINCIPLE FOUR
The dual and the sound plural for the passive participle are constructed in a
manner similar to that outlined for the dual and the sound plural of the
active participle (lesson eleven). For the most part, passive participles do not use
the broken plural.

ESSENTIAL NOTE
The conjugations of the passive participle must be memorized (table 12.1)
before moving to the next lesson.
64 FUNDAMENTALS OF CLASSICAL ARABIC

MASCULINE PASSIVE PARTICIPLE

Step One: Separate the letters


of the model

Step Two: Replace the base letters ( - - )


with corresponding new letters ( - - )

Step Three: Reattach the letters


of the word to form the passive participle

A MALE WHO WAS STRUCK or


A MASCULINE OBJECT THAT WAS
STRUCK

FIGURE 12.1
FORMING THE MASCULINE PASSIVE PARTICIPLE
The Passive Participle 65

TABLE 12.1
THE PASSIVE PARTICIPLE

FEMININE MASCULINE
SOUND SOUND
DUAL SINGLE DUAL SINGLE
PLURAL PLURAL

those which those two which that which those which those two which that which was
were done were done was done were done were done done

those which those two which that which those which those two which that which was
were done were done was done were done were done done

those which those two which that which those which those two which that which was
were done were done was done were done were done done

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