فَعَالٌ
Root: فعل
Full Definition
فَعَالٌ
, accord. to Lth, is a name for A good doing, such as liberality, or bounty, and generosity, and the like of these: or, accord. to IAar, the doing of a single person, peculiarly, [as distinguished from فِعَالٌ, q. v.,] relating to good and to evil; one says, فُلَانٌ كَرِيمُ الفَعَالِ [Such a one is generous in respect of doing or doings], and فُلَانٌ لَئِيمُ الفَعَالِ [Such a one is mean in respect of doing or doings]; and Az says that this is the correct explanation: not that of Lth; and Mbr [likewise] says, it is used in commendation and in discommendation: and it is used only of a single agent.
2 It is also an Verbal.Noun
2 It is also an Verbal.Noun
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