Sanskrit grammar has something similar, but I can't remember the words. I'm probably thinking of 'active' parasmaipada (= alii-verbum) and 'passive' atmanepada (ipsi-verbum), dative-nominative compounds.The Arabic words for grammatical subject and object are فاعل and مفعول, fāʿil- and mafʿūl-, literally the doing and the done or the affecting and the affected. What better names could there be? Surely some other languages have similar terms?
It occurred to me that the name Khalid could be the present participle of that verb, but it seemed a weird name to give to a mortal. Yet I checked and it seems to be it.خلد - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Maybe the first 'Khalid' was long-lasting in another category...It occurred to me that the name Khalid could be the present participle of that verb, but it seemed a weird name to give to a mortal. Yet I checked and it seems to be it.
What do you mean?Particularly at this particular point.
Present participle of: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/قرعWikipedia dixit:The Calamity [1] (Arabic: القارعة, al-qāriʻah, aka The Striking [2]) is the 101st chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with 11 verses (āyāt). This chapter takes its name from its first word "qariah",[3] referring to the Quranic view of the end time and eschatology. "Qariah" has been translated to calamity, striking, catastrophe, clatterer, etc.[4] According to Ibn Kathir, a traditionalistic exegete, Al-Qariah is one of the names of the Day of Judgement, like Al-Haaqqa, At-Tammah, As-Sakhkhah and others.[5]
A Saudi told me once that Muhammad said this is the least-favored name for a Muslim.It occurred to me that the name Khalid could be the present participle of that verb, but it seemed a weird name to give to a mortal. Yet I checked and it seems to be it.