سؤال
Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask a question”), from the root س ء ل (s-ʔ-l).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
سُؤَال • (suʔāl) m (plural أَسْئِلَة (ʔasʔila) or سُؤَالَات (suʔālāt))
- verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala) (form I)
- question
- عِنْدِي سُؤَال.
- ʕindī suʔāl.
- I have a question.
- request
- (Can we date this quote?), التفسير الميسر:
- وعبر بالمضارع في قوله ‹ يَسْأَلُكَ › لقصد استحضار حالتهم العجيبة في هذا السؤال، حتى لكأن السامع يراهم، وللدلالة على تكرار أسئلتهم وتجددها المرة تلو الأخرى بدون حياء أو خجل
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of noun سُؤَال (suʔāl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سُؤَال suʔāl |
السُّؤَال as-suʔāl |
سُؤَال suʔāl |
Nominative | سُؤَالٌ suʔālun |
السُّؤَالُ as-suʔālu |
سُؤَالُ suʔālu |
Accusative | سُؤَالًا suʔālan |
السُّؤَالَ as-suʔāla |
سُؤَالَ suʔāla |
Genitive | سُؤَالٍ suʔālin |
السُّؤَالِ as-suʔāli |
سُؤَالِ suʔāli |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | سُؤَالَيْن suʔālayn |
السُّؤَالَيْن as-suʔālayn |
سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay |
Nominative | سُؤَالَانِ suʔālāni |
السُّؤَالَانِ as-suʔālāni |
سُؤَالَا suʔālā |
Accusative | سُؤَالَيْنِ suʔālayni |
السُّؤَالَيْنِ as-suʔālayni |
سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay |
Genitive | سُؤَالَيْنِ suʔālayni |
السُّؤَالَيْنِ as-suʔālayni |
سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَسْئِلَة; سُؤَالَات ʔasʔila; suʔālāt |
الْأَسْئِلَة; السُّؤَالَات al-ʔasʔila; as-suʔālāt |
أَسْئِلَة; سُؤَالَات ʔasʔilat; suʔālāt |
Nominative | أَسْئِلَةٌ; سُؤَالَاتٌ ʔasʔilatun; suʔālātun |
الْأَسْئِلَةُ; السُّؤَالَاتُ al-ʔasʔilatu; as-suʔālātu |
أَسْئِلَةُ; سُؤَالَاتُ ʔasʔilatu; suʔālātu |
Accusative | أَسْئِلَةً; سُؤَالَاتٍ ʔasʔilatan; suʔālātin |
الْأَسْئِلَةَ; السُّؤَالَاتِ al-ʔasʔilata; as-suʔālāti |
أَسْئِلَةَ; سُؤَالَاتِ ʔasʔilata; suʔālāti |
Genitive | أَسْئِلَةٍ; سُؤَالَاتٍ ʔasʔilatin; suʔālātin |
الْأَسْئِلَةِ; السُّؤَالَاتِ al-ʔasʔilati; as-suʔālāti |
أَسْئِلَةِ; سُؤَالَاتِ ʔasʔilati; suʔālāti |
Descendants edit
- Moroccan Arabic: سؤال (suʔāl)
- South Levantine Arabic: سؤال (suʔāl)
- → Azerbaijani: sual
- → Bengali: সওয়াল (śôwal)
- → Crimean Tatar: sual
- → Dhivehi: ސުވާލު (suvālu)
- → Ottoman Turkish: سوال (sual), سؤال (su'al)
- Turkish: sual
- → Malay: soal
- Indonesian: soal
- → Persian: سؤال (so'âl), سوال
- → Kazakh: сауал (saual)
- → Swahili: suala, swali
- → Uyghur: سوئال (so'al)
- → Uzbek: savol
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
سُؤَّال • (suʔʔāl) m pl
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “سءل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Hijazi Arabic edit
Root |
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س ء ل |
2 terms |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ottoman Turkish edit
Noun edit
سؤال • (su'al)
- Alternative form of سوال (sual, “question”)
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [su.ˈʔɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [so.ʔɒ́ːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [su.ʔɔ́l]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | su'āl |
Dari reading? | so'āl |
Iranian reading? | so'âl |
Tajik reading? | suʾol |
Noun edit
Dari | سؤال |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | суол |
سُؤال • (so'âl) (plural سؤالات (so'âlât) or سؤالها (so'âl-hâ))
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- سُؤال کَرْدَن (so'âl kardan, “to ask, to question”)