سؤال

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See also: سوال and شوال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask a question”), from the root س ء ل (s-ʔ-l).

Compare Hebrew שאלה (sh'elá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.ʔaːl/
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Noun

سُؤَال • (suʔāl) m (plural أَسْئِلَة (ʔasʔila) or سُؤَالَات (suʔālāt))

  1. verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala) (form I)
  2. question
    عِنْدِي سُؤَال.
    ʕindī suʔāl.
    I have a question.
  3. request
    • (Can we date this quote?), التفسير الميسر:
      وعبر بالمضارع في قوله ‹ يَسْأَلُكَ › لقصد استحضار حالتهم العجيبة في هذا السؤال، حتى لكأن السامع يراهم، وللدلالة على تكرار أسئلتهم وتجددها المرة تلو الأخرى بدون حياء أو خجل
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of noun سُؤَال (suʔāl)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُؤَال
suʔāl 		السُّؤَال
as-suʔāl 		سُؤَال
suʔāl
Nominative سُؤَالٌ
suʔālun 		السُّؤَالُ
as-suʔālu 		سُؤَالُ
suʔālu
Accusative سُؤَالًا
suʔālan 		السُّؤَالَ
as-suʔāla 		سُؤَالَ
suʔāla
Genitive سُؤَالٍ
suʔālin 		السُّؤَالِ
as-suʔāli 		سُؤَالِ
suʔāli
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُؤَالَيْن
suʔālayn 		السُّؤَالَيْن
as-suʔālayn 		سُؤَالَيْ
suʔālay
Nominative سُؤَالَانِ
suʔālāni 		السُّؤَالَانِ
as-suʔālāni 		سُؤَالَا
suʔālā
Accusative سُؤَالَيْنِ
suʔālayni 		السُّؤَالَيْنِ
as-suʔālayni 		سُؤَالَيْ
suʔālay
Genitive سُؤَالَيْنِ
suʔālayni 		السُّؤَالَيْنِ
as-suʔālayni 		سُؤَالَيْ
suʔālay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَسْئِلَة‎; سُؤَالَات
ʔasʔila‎; suʔālāt 		الْأَسْئِلَة‎; السُّؤَالَات
al-ʔasʔila‎; as-suʔālāt 		أَسْئِلَة‎; سُؤَالَات
ʔasʔilat‎; suʔālāt
Nominative أَسْئِلَةٌ‎; سُؤَالَاتٌ
ʔasʔilatun‎; suʔālātun 		الْأَسْئِلَةُ‎; السُّؤَالَاتُ
al-ʔasʔilatu‎; as-suʔālātu 		أَسْئِلَةُ‎; سُؤَالَاتُ
ʔasʔilatu‎; suʔālātu
Accusative أَسْئِلَةً‎; سُؤَالَاتٍ
ʔasʔilatan‎; suʔālātin 		الْأَسْئِلَةَ‎; السُّؤَالَاتِ
al-ʔasʔilata‎; as-suʔālāti 		أَسْئِلَةَ‎; سُؤَالَاتِ
ʔasʔilata‎; suʔālāti
Genitive أَسْئِلَةٍ‎; سُؤَالَاتٍ
ʔasʔilatin‎; suʔālātin 		الْأَسْئِلَةِ‎; السُّؤَالَاتِ
al-ʔasʔilati‎; as-suʔālāti 		أَسْئِلَةِ‎; سُؤَالَاتِ
ʔasʔilati‎; suʔālāti
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

سُؤَّال • (suʔʔāl) m pl

  1. plural of سَائِل (sāʔil)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سءل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ء ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

سؤال • (suʔāl) m (plural أَسْئلة (ʔasʔila))

  1. question

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

سؤال • (su'al)

  1. Alternative form of سوال (sual, “question”)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? su'āl
Dari reading? so'āl
Iranian reading? so'âl
Tajik reading? suʾol

Noun

Dari سؤال
Iranian Persian
Tajik суол

سُؤال • (so'âl) (plural سؤالات (so'âlât) or سؤال‌ها (so'âl-hâ))

  1. question
    Synonym: پُرْسِش (porseš)
    Antonyms: جَوَاب (javâb), پاسُخ (pâsox)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

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