سؤال
See also: سوال and شوال
Arabic
Etymology 1
Verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʾala, “to ask a question”), from the root س ء ل (s-ʾ-l).
Compare Hebrew שאלה (sh'elá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.ʔaːl/
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Noun
سُؤَال • (suʾāl) m (plural أَسْئِلَة (ʾasʾila) or سُؤَالَات (suʾālāt))
- verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʾala) (form I)
- question
- عِنْدِي سُؤَال.
- ʿindī suʾāl.
- I have a question.
- request
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- 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 (suʾāl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سُؤَال suʾāl | السُّؤَال as-suʾāl | سُؤَال suʾāl |
Nominative | سُؤَالٌ suʾālun | السُّؤَالُ as-suʾālu | سُؤَالُ suʾālu |
Accusative | سُؤَالًا suʾālan | السُّؤَالَ as-suʾāla | سُؤَالَ suʾāla |
Genitive | سُؤَالٍ suʾālin | السُّؤَالِ as-suʾāli | سُؤَالِ suʾāli |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | سُؤَالَيْن suʾālayn | السُّؤَالَيْن as-suʾālayn | سُؤَالَيْ suʾālay |
Nominative | سُؤَالَانِ suʾālāni | السُّؤَالَانِ as-suʾālāni | سُؤَالَا suʾālā |
Accusative | سُؤَالَيْنِ suʾālayni | السُّؤَالَيْنِ as-suʾālayni | سُؤَالَيْ suʾālay |
Genitive | سُؤَالَيْنِ suʾālayni | السُّؤَالَيْنِ as-suʾālayni | سُؤَالَيْ suʾālay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَسْئِلَة; سُؤَالَات ʾasʾila; suʾālāt | الْأَسْئِلَة; السُّؤَالَات al-ʾasʾila; as-suʾālāt | أَسْئِلَة; سُؤَالَات ʾasʾilat; suʾālāt |
Nominative | أَسْئِلَةٌ; سُؤَالَاتٌ ʾasʾilatun; suʾālātun | الْأَسْئِلَةُ; السُّؤَالَاتُ al-ʾasʾilatu; as-suʾālātu | أَسْئِلَةُ; سُؤَالَاتُ ʾasʾilatu; suʾālātu |
Accusative | أَسْئِلَةً; سُؤَالَاتٍ ʾasʾilatan; suʾālātin | الْأَسْئِلَةَ; السُّؤَالَاتِ al-ʾasʾilata; as-suʾālāti | أَسْئِلَةَ; سُؤَالَاتِ ʾasʾilata; suʾālāti |
Genitive | أَسْئِلَةٍ; سُؤَالَاتٍ ʾasʾilatin; suʾālātin | الْأَسْئِلَةِ; السُّؤَالَاتِ al-ʾasʾilati; as-suʾālāti | أَسْئِلَةِ; سُؤَالَاتِ ʾasʾilati; suʾālāti |
Descendants
- Moroccan Arabic: سؤال (suʔāl)
- → Azerbaijani: sual
- → Bengali: সওয়াল (śôwal)
- → Crimean Tatar: sual
- → Dhivehi: ސުވާލު (suvālu)
- → Ottoman Turkish: سوال (sual), سؤال (su'al)
- Turkish: sual
- → Malay: soal
- Indonesian: soal
- → Persian: سؤال (so'âl), سوال (soâl)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਸਵਾਲ (savāl)
- Shahmukhi: سوال (savāl)
- → Urdu: سوال (savāl)
- → Punjabi:
- → Kazakh: сауал (saual)
- → Swahili: suala, swali
- → Uyghur: سوئال (so'al)
- → Uzbek: savol
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suʔ.ʔaːl/
Noun
سُؤَّال • (suʾʾāl) m pl
- plural of سَائِل (sāʾil)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “سءل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Persian
Alternative forms
- سوال (soâl)
Etymology
From Arabic سُؤَال (suʾāl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /suɑːl/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /sʊɒːl/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /soɒːl/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /suɔːl/
Noun
Dari | سؤال |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | суол (suol) |
سؤال • (so'âl) (plural سؤالات (so'âlât) or سؤالها (so'âl-hâ))
- question
- Synonym: پُرْسِش (porseš)
- Antonyms: جَوَاب (javâb), پاسُخ (pâsox)
Derived terms
- سؤال کردن (so'âl kardan, “to ask, to question”)
Descendants
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਸਵਾਲ (savāl)
- Shahmukhi: سوال (savāl)
- → Urdu: سوال (savāl)