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/
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Noun

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

verbal noun of سَأَلَ‎ (saʔala) (form I)
question
‏عِنْدِي سُؤَال.‎‎
ʕindī suʔāl.
I have a question.
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
Singular	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
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

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: سوال‎ (so'âl)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਸਵਾਲ (savāl)
  Shahmukhi script: سوال‎ (savāl)
- → Urdu: سوال‎ (savāl)
→ Kazakh: сауал (saual)
→ Swahili: suala, swali
→ Uyghur: سوئال‎ (so'al)
→ Uzbek: savol

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /suʔ.ʔaːl/

Noun

سُؤَّال • (suʔʔāl) m pl

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

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

سؤال • (su'al)

Alternative form of سوال‎ (sual, “question”)

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