Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
س ء ل (s-ʔ-l)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ta.saː.ʔa.la/
  • (file)

Verb edit

تَسَاءَلَ (tasāʔala) VI, non-past يَتَسَاءَلُ‎ (yatasāʔalu)

  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
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

تُسَاءَلُ (tusāʔalu) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala)

Verb edit

تُسَاءَلَ (tusāʔala) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala)

Verb edit

تُسَاءَلْ (tusāʔal) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
س ء ل
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَسَاءَلَ (tasāʔala).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tsaː.ʔal/, [ɪtˈsæː.ʔal]
  • (file)

Verb edit

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

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

Conjugation edit

    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)