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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
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    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

      Borrowed from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl), from سَأَلَ (saʔala).

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? su'āl
      Dari reading? so'āl
      Iranian reading? so'âl
      Tajik reading? savol, su'ol

      Noun

      Dari سؤال
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik суол

      سؤال • (so'âl) (plural سؤالات, or سؤال‌ها)

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

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