مسألة

Arabic edit

Root
س ء ل (s-ʔ-l)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mas.ʔa.la/

Noun edit

مَسْأَلَة • (masʔala) f (plural مَسَائِل (masāʔil))

verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala) (form I)
(dated) question
Synonym: سُؤَال (suʔāl)
issue, problem, point in question, thesis
request, begging

Declension edit

Declension of noun مَسْأَلَة (masʔala)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْأَلَة masʔala	الْمَسْأَلَة al-masʔala	مَسْأَلَة masʔalat
Nominative	مَسْأَلَةٌ masʔalatun	الْمَسْأَلَةُ al-masʔalatu	مَسْأَلَةُ masʔalatu
Accusative	مَسْأَلَةً masʔalatan	الْمَسْأَلَةَ al-masʔalata	مَسْأَلَةَ masʔalata
Genitive	مَسْأَلَةٍ masʔalatin	الْمَسْأَلَةِ al-masʔalati	مَسْأَلَةِ masʔalati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْأَلَتَيْن masʔalatayn	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْن al-masʔalatayn	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
Nominative	مَسْأَلَتَانِ masʔalatāni	الْمَسْأَلَتَانِ al-masʔalatāni	مَسْأَلَتَا masʔalatā
Accusative	مَسْأَلَتَيْنِ masʔalatayni	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْنِ al-masʔalatayni	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
Genitive	مَسْأَلَتَيْنِ masʔalatayni	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْنِ al-masʔalatayni	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَائِل masāʔil	الْمَسَائِل al-masāʔil	مَسَائِل masāʔil
Nominative	مَسَائِلُ masāʔilu	الْمَسَائِلُ al-masāʔilu	مَسَائِلُ masāʔilu
Accusative	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila	الْمَسَائِلَ al-masāʔila	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila
Genitive	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila	الْمَسَائِلِ al-masāʔili	مَسَائِلِ masāʔili

Descendants edit

→ Azerbaijani: məsələ
→ Bashkir: мәсьәлә (məsʹələ)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: मसला (maslā)
- Urdu: مسئلہ (mas'alā)
→ Kazakh: мәселе (mäsele)
→ Kumyk: масъала (masala)
→ Kyrgyz: маселе (masele)
→ Malay: masalah
- Indonesian: masalah
→ Ottoman Turkish: مسئله (mesʾele)
- Turkish: mesele
→ Punjabi: مَسئَلَہ
→ Persian: مسئله (mas'ale)
→ Turkmen: mesele
→ Uyghur: مەسىلە (mesile)
→ Uzbek: masala

References edit

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسألة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen