تساءل

• IPA^(key): /ta.saː.ʔa.la/

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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

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

• IPA^(key): /tsaː.ʔal/

Denominal verb of سئيل (saʔīl, “annoying”). Unrelated to سُؤال (suʔāl, “question”).

تساءل • (tsāʔal) VI (non-past يتساءل (yitsāʔal), verbal noun سآلة (saʔāle))

1. to be annoying
2. to be snide

   Synonyms: تلأمن (tlaʔman), تملعن (tmalʕan)

3. to tease, mess around (with)

   Synonym: تمنيك (tmanyak) (vulgar)

Borrowed from Arabic تَسَاءَلَ (tasāʔala). Related to سُؤال (suʔāl, “question”).

تساءل • (tsāʔal) VI (non-past يتساءل (yitsāʔal))

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

Borrowed from Arabic تَسَاءَلَ (tasāʔala).

• IPA^(key): /tsaː.ʔal/, [ɪtˈsæː.ʔal]

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

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