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Etymology 1

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Root
س ء ل (s ʔ l)
15 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ta.saː.ʔa.la/
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Verb

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تَسَاءَلَ (tasāʔala) VI (non-past يَتَسَاءَلُ (yatasāʔalu), verbal noun تَسَاؤُل (tasāʔul))

  1. (reciprocal) to ask one another
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:1-3:
      عَمَّ يَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ۝ عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ۝ ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ ۝
      About what are they asking one another? / About the great news - / That over which they are in disagreement.
  2. to ask oneself, to wonder
    يتساءل القرآن، في الآية 74، من سورة المائدة، عن المسيحيين: أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى الله وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُ والله غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ؟
    The Qur’an asks, in verse 74 of Surat Al-Ma’idah, about Christians: Will they not then repent to God and seek His forgiveness since God is Forgiving and Merciful?
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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تساءل (form III)

  1. تُسَاءَلُ (tusāʔalu) /tu.saː.ʔa.lu/: inflection of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  2. تُسَاءَلَ (tusāʔala) /tu.saː.ʔa.la/: inflection of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
  3. تُسَاءَلْ (tusāʔal) /tu.saː.ʔal/: inflection of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ء ل
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic تَسَاءَلَ (tasāʔala).

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Verb

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تساءل (tsāʔal) VI (present بتساءل (bitsāʔal))

  1. (reflexive) to ask oneself, to wonder
  2. (reciprocal) to ask each other

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of تساءل (tsāʔal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m تساءلت (tsāʔalt) تساءلت (tsāʔalt) تساءل (tsāʔal) تساءلنا (tsāʔalna) تساءلتو (tsāʔaltu) تساءلو (tsāʔalu)
f تساءلتي (tsāʔalti) تساءلت (tsāʔalat)
present m بتساءل (batsāʔal) بتتساءل (btitsāʔal) بتساءل (bitsāʔal) منتساءل (mnitsāʔal) بتتساءلو (btitsāʔalu) بتساءلو (bitsāʔalu)
f بتتساءلي (btitsāʔali) بتتساءل (btitsāʔal)
subjunctive m اتساءل (atsāʔal) تتساءل (titsāʔal) يتساءل (yitsāʔal) نتساءل (nitsāʔal) تتساءلو (titsāʔalu) يتساءلو (yitsāʔalu)
f تتساءلي (titsāʔali) تتساءل (titsāʔal)
imperative m تساءل (tsāʔal) تساءلو (tsāʔalu)
f تساءلي (tsāʔali)