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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic שְׁאַל (šəʾal); compare Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala), Hebrew שָׁאַל (sha'ál), Eblaite 𒊭𒀪𒀀𒇻 (ša-ʾ-a-lu /šaʾal/) and Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).
Pronunciation
Verb
ܫܵܐܹܠ • (šāˀēl)
- to ask, inquire, question
- ܫܐܵܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܒܝܼܘܼܟ݂ ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ. ― šˀālā ìwen bīyūḵ šūˀālā. ― I am asking you a question.
- ܫܐܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܒܗ̇ܘ ܝܵܠܵܕ݇ܐ ܥܘܿܡܪܹܗ. ― šˀīl lī b-awa yālā ˁōmrēh. ― I asked the boy his age.
- ܙܝܼ ܫܵܐܠܹܢ ܗ̇ܝ ܡܵܪܬܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܬܸܪ̈ܨܵܢܹܐ. ― zī šālēn aya mārtā qā tirṣānē. ― I’m going to ask this lady for directions.
- to borrow
Usage notes
- (ask): This verb is not usually used like English in the sense of “request”; the verbs ܛܵܠܹܒ݂ (ṭālēḇ) or ܒܵܥܹܐ (bāˁē) are used instead.
- (borrow): This verb is not used like English with loans that are not returned exactly, such as money (since one does not return the same money that one borrows, as in the same bills or coins or the like, but rather an equivalent amount of money); the verbs ܡܲܕܝܸܢ (madyin) or ܝܵܙܹܦ (yāzēp) are used instead.
Conjugation
Derived terms
See also
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܫ ܐ ܠ related to asking; compare Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala), Hebrew שָׁאַל (šāʾal), Eblaite 𒊭𒀪𒀀𒇻 (ša-ʾ-a-lu /šaʾal/), Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).
Pronunciation
Verb
ܫܐܠ • (šəʾel) (imperfect ܢܫܐܠ (nešʾal)) (peal construction)
- to ask, inquire, question, interrogate
- to consult, counsel
- to request, entreat, demand
- to beg, borrow
- to claim
- to greet
- (with ܫܐܠܬܐ (šəʾeləṯā)) to make a request
- (with ܒ- (ba-) + ܩܛܝܪܐ (qəṭīrā)) to extort
- (with ܫܠܡܐ (šəlāmā) or ܒ- (ba-) + ܫܠܡܐ (šəlāmā)) to ask how one is, ask about the health of; salute
- (with ܒ- (bə-) + ܢܓܕܐ (neḡdē)) to torture
References
- “šˀl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-19
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 355a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 553b-55b
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 1497a-1498a