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فَاعِلٌ

Root: فعل

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فَاعِلٌ [act. part. n. of 1, Doing: and, used as a subst., a doer: and hence] a carpenter is thus called; accord. to IAar: but it is now peculiarly applied to such as works with clay, [and builds, and plasters,] and digs foundations: and [the pl.] فَعَلَةٌ, as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates, is applied to workers in clay and digging and the like; or such as work with their hands in clay or building or digging; like عَمَلَةٌ [pl. of عَامِلٌ].
2 وَكُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ, in the Kur [xxi. 79], means And we were able to do what we willed. And وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكٰوةِ فَاعِلُونَ, in the same [xxiii. 4], means And who give the ذكوة [or poor-rate]: or, as some say, who do that which is good, or righteous.
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