soal
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sol, sule, from Old English sol (“mud, wet sand, wallowing-place, slough, a mire or miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”). Compare sully. More at soil.
Alternative forms
- sole
Noun
soal (plural soals)
- (UK, dialect) Alternative spelling of sole
Noun
soal (plural soals)
- Obsolete form of sole (the fish)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for soal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- ASLO, LAOS, LOAs, Laos, Loas, Salo, also, loas, salo, sola
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay soal, from Classical Malay سوٴال (soal), from Arabic سُؤَال (suʾāl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈso.ʔal/
- Hyphenation: so‧al
- Rhymes: -al, -l
Noun
soal (plural soal-soal, first-person possessive soalku, second-person possessive soalmu, third-person possessive soalnya)
- question, problem, matter, point.
- problem, difficulty, trouble.
- Synonym: masalah
- (education) problem, question, exercise, paper.
- concerning, about, regarding.
Synonyms
- (education): soalan (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- bersoal
- dipersoalkan
- disoal
- disoalkan
- mempersoalkan
- menyoal
- menyoalkan
- persoalan
- soal jawab
Further reading
- “soal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic سُؤَال (suʾāl).
Verb
menyoal
- to ask, to question, to interrogate
- Polis sedang menyoal suspek tentang rompakan itu.
- The police are interrogating the suspect about the robbery.
- Polis sedang menyoal suspek tentang rompakan itu.
Synonyms
- tanya
Derived terms
- persoalan
- soalan
Descendants
- Indonesian: soal
Further reading
- “soal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.