Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Root
س ء ل (s-ʔ-l)

Derived from the passive participle of سَأَلَ (saʔala, to ask).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mas.ʔuːl/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

مَسْؤُول (masʔūl) (feminine مَسْؤُولَة (masʔūla), masculine plural مَسْؤُولُونَ (masʔūlūna), feminine plural مَسْؤُولَات (masʔūlāt))

  1. passive participle of سَأَلَ (saʔala)
  2. responsible, in charge, accountable
    • Hadith
      كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ
      kullukum rāʕin wa-kullukum masʔūlun ʕan raʕiyyatihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:24:
      وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُم مَسْؤُولُونَ
      waqifūhum ʔinnahum masʔūlūna
      And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: məsul
  • Northern Kurdish: mesûl
  • Ottoman Turkish: مسئول (mesʾul)
    > Turkish: mesul (inherited)
  • Tajik: масъул (masʾul)
  • Uyghur: مەسئۇل (mes'ul)
  • Uzbek: mas'ul

Noun edit

مَسْؤُول (masʔūlm (plural مَسْؤُولُونَ (masʔūlūna), feminine مَسْؤُولَة (masʔūla))

  1. official, functionary
  2. (computing) administrator

Declension edit

Persian edit

Adjective edit

مسؤول (mas'ul)

  1. Alternative form of مسئول