Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
س ء ل (s-ʔ-l)

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

Root
س ء ل (s-ʔ-l)

Noun edit

سَائِل (sāʔilm (plural سَائِلُون (sāʔilūn) or سُؤَّال (suʔʔāl) or سَأَلَة (saʔala), feminine سَائِلَة (sāʔila))

  1. questioner, petitioner, asker
  2. beggar, canter, mendicant
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 93:10:
      وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
      wa-ʔammā s-sāʔila fa-lā tanhar
      And as for the petitioner, do not repel him.
Declension edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
س ي ل (s-y-l)

Derived from the active participle of سَالَ (sāla, to flow)

Root
س ي ل (s-y-l)

Noun edit

سَائِل (sāʔilm (plural سَوَائِل (sawāʔil))

  1. liquid
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

سَائِلْ (sāʔil) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala)