قائل

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See also: قايل

Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
ق و ل (q w l)
9 terms

Derived from the active participle of قَالَ (qāla, to say).

Root
ق و ل (q w l)
9 terms

Adjective

قَائِل (qāʔil)

  1. active participle of قَالَ (qāla, to say) sayer, one who said something
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Root
ق ي ل (q y l)
8 terms

Derived from the active participle of قَالَ (qāla, to nap).

Root
ق ي ل (q y l)
8 terms

Adjective

قَائِل (qāʔil)

  1. active participle of قَالَ (qāla, to nap) napper
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:4:
      وَكَمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا فَجَاءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَائِلُونَ
      wakam min qaryatin ʔahlaknāhā fajāʔahā baʔsunā bayātan ʔaw hum qāʔilūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَائِل (qāʔil).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qā'il
Dari reading? qā'il
Iranian reading? ğâ'el
Tajik reading? qoʾil

Adjective

قائل (qâ'el)

  1. accepting, holding (a belief)

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