سؤال

See also: سوال and شوال

Arabic

Etymology 1

    Verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask a question”), from the root س ء ل (s ʔ l).

    Compare Hebrew שאלה (sh'elá).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /su.ʔaːl/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    سُؤَال • (suʔāl) m (plural أَسْئِلَة (ʔasʔila) or سُؤَالَات (suʔālāt))

    1. verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala) (form I)
    2. question
      عِنْدِي سُؤَال. ― ʕindī suʔāl. ― I have a question.
    3. 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
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    Declension
    Declension of noun سُؤَال (suʔāl)
    singular basic singular triptote
    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

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /suʔ.ʔaːl/

    Noun

    سُؤَّال • (suʔʔāl) m pl

    1. plural of سَائِل (sāʔil)

    References

    • 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

    Root
    س ء ل
    2 terms

    Etymology

    From Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /su.ʔaːl/

    Noun

    سؤال • (suʔāl) m (plural أَسْئلة (ʔasʔila))

    1. question

    Ottoman Turkish

    Noun

    سؤال • (su'al)

    1. alternative form of سوال (sual, “question”)

    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl), from سَأَلَ (saʔala).

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [so̞.ʔɑ́ːl]
        • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.wɑ́ːl], [sʊ.wɑ́ːl]
        • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.wɔ́ːl̥], [su.wɔ́ːl̥]

      Readings
      Classical reading? su'āl
      Dari reading? so'āl
      Iranian reading? so'âl
      Tajik reading? savol, su'ol

      Noun

      Dari سؤال
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik суол

      سؤال • (so'âl) (plural سؤالات, or سؤال‌ها)

      1. question
        Synonym: پُرْسِش (porseš)
        Antonyms: جَوَاب (javâb), پاسُخ (pâsox)

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      Descendants

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