سآل

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Arabic

Root
س ء ل (s ʔ l)
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Adjective

سَآّل (saʔʔāl) (feminine سَآّلَة (saʔʔāla), masculine plural سَآّلُونَ (saʔʔālūna), feminine plural سَآّلَات (saʔʔālāt))

  1. excessively demanding or asking for things
  2. inquisitive, frequently asking for information or inquiring about something
    • a. 965, اَلْمُتَنَبِّي [al-mutanabbī], “أَظَبْيَةَ الْوَحْشِ لَوْلَا ظَبْيَةُ الْأَنَسِ [ʔaẓabyata l-waḥši lawlā ẓabyatu l-ʔanasi]” (chapter 127), in أَبُو الْبَقَاء الْعُكْبَرِيّ [ʔabū l-baqāʔ al-ʕukbariyy], edited by إِبْرَاهِيم الْأَبْيَارِيّ [ʔibrāhīm al-ʔabyāriyy], مُصْطَفَى السَّقَّا [muṣṭafā s-saqqā], and عَبْد الْحَفِيظ شَلَبِيّ [ʕabd al-ḥafīẓ šalabiyy], ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري, Part 2, Beirut, Lebanon: دَار الْمَعْرِفَة [dār al-maʕrifa], published 1978, →OCLC, page 187, verse 4:
      صَرِيعَ مُقْلَتِهَا سَآّلَ دِمْنَتِهَا / قَتِيلَ تَكْسِيرِ ذَاكِ الْجَفْنِ وَٱللَّعَسِ
      ṣarīʕa muqlatihā saʔʔāla dimnatihā / qatīla taksīri ḏāki l-jafni wal-laʕasi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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