שאל
See also: שאַל
Aramaic
editEtymology
editFrom root ש-א-ל.
Verb
editשאל • (transliteration needed)
Related terms
editHebrew
editEtymology
editRoot |
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שׁ־א־ל (sh-ʾ-l) |
Compare Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala), Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).
Pronunciation
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Verb
editשָׁאַל • (sha'ál) (pa'al construction, future יִשְׁאַל, passive participle שָׁאוּל, passive counterpart נִשְׁאַל)
Usage notes
edit- (ask): Unlike English ask, Hebrew שָׁאַל is not usually used in the sense of “request”; for that, ביקש / בִּקֵּשׁ (bikésh, “ask for, request”) is used.
- (borrow): Unlike English borrow, Hebrew שָׁאַל is not used 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); for that, הלווה / הִלְוָה (hilvá, “borrow (money, etc.)”) is used.
Conjugation
editConjugation of שָׁאַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
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past | first | שָׁאַלְתִּי | שָׁאַלְנוּ | ||
second | שָׁאַלְתָּ | שָׁאַלְתְּ | שְׁאַלְתֶּם1 | שְׁאַלְתֶּן1 | |
third | שָׁאַל | שָׁאֲלָה | שָׁאֲלוּ | ||
present | שׁוֹאֵל | שׁוֹאֶלֶת | שׁוֹאֲלִים | שׁוֹאֲלוֹת | |
future | first | אֶשְׁאַל | נִשְׁאַל | ||
second | תִּשְׁאַל | תִּשְׁאֲלִי | תִּשְׁאֲלוּ | תִּשְׁאַלְנָה2 | |
third | יִשְׁאַל | תִּשְׁאַל | יִשְׁאֲלוּ | תִּשְׁאַלְנָה2 | |
imperative | שְׁאַל | שַׁאֲלִי | שַׁאֲלוּ | שְׁאַלְנָה2 | |
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Derived terms
edit- שָׁאַל אֶת עַצְמוֹ (sha'ál et atsmó)
- שְׁאַל בְּנִי וַנַּעַן (sh'al b'ni vaná'an)
Related terms
editYiddish
editNoun
editשאל • (shal) f, plural שאלן (shaln), diminutive שאליקל (shalikl)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שאַל (shal).