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==Arabic==

===Etymology===
{{ar-rootbox|ف ع ل}}
{{ar-active participle}} of the verb {{m|ar|فَعَلَ||to [[do]], to [[affect]]}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ar|/faːʕil/}}

===Participle===
{{ar-act-participle|فَاعِل|I|f=فَاعِلَة|pl=فَاعِلُون|pl2=فَعَلَة|fpl=فَاعِلَات|fpl2=فَوَاعِل}}

# {{active participle of|ar|فَعَلَ}}
#* {{RQ:Qur'an|18|23
|passage=وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي '''فَاعِلٌ''' ذَلِكَ غَدًا
|translation=And do not say with certainty for a thing: surely I will be '''a doer''' of that tomorrow.}}

====Declension====
{{ar-decl-adj|فَاعِل|f=فَاعِلَة|pl=فَاعِلُون|pl2=فَعَلَة|fpl=فَاعِلَات|fpl2=فَوَاعِل}}

===Adjective===
{{ar-adj|فَاعِل|f=فَاعِلَة|el=أَفْعَل}}

# [[effective]]
# [[efficient]]

====Declension====
{{ar-decl-adj|فَاعِل}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|ar|فَعَّال}}

====References====
* {{R:ar:Wehr-4|فعل}}

===Noun===
{{ar-noun|فَاعِل|m|pl=فَاعِلُون|pl2=فَعَلَة|f=فَاعِلَة}}

# [[doer]], one who [[does]] something
# [[worker]]

====Declension====
{{ar-decl-gendered-noun|فَاعِل|f=فَاعِلَة|pl=فَاعِلُون|pl2=فَعَلَة|fpl=فَاعِلَات|fpl2=فَوَاعِل}}

===Noun===
{{ar-noun|فَاعِل|m}}

# {{lb|ar|grammar}} [[subject]], [[agent]]

====Declension====
{{ar-decl-noun|فَاعِل}}

====See also====
* {{l|ar|اِسْم فَاعِل}}

==Persian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fa|ar|فَاعِل}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fa-IPA|fā`'il}}
* {{audio|fa|Fa-فاعل.ogg|a=Iran}}

===Noun===
{{fa-noun|tr=fâ'el|pl=فاعل‌ها}}

# {{lb|fa|grammar}} [[subject]]
# {{lb|fa|sex|law}} [[top]], the [[penetrating]] partner in a male homosexual intercourse
#: {{ant|fa|مفعول|tr=maf'ul}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fa|مفعول|tr=maf'ul}}