سائل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of سَأَلَ‎ (saʾala, “to ask”), from the root س ء ل‎ (s-ʾ-l).

Noun

سَائِل • (sāʾil) m (plural سَائِلُون‎ (sāʾilūn) or سُؤَّال‎ (suʾʾāl) or سَأَلَة‎ (saʾala), feminine سَائِلَة‎ (sāʾila))

  1. questioner, petitioner, asker
  2. beggar, canter, mendicant
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 93:10:
      ‏وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ‎
      wa-ʾammā s-sāʾila fa-lā tanhar
      And as for the petitioner, do not repel him.
Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of سَالَ‎ (sāla, “to flow”), from س ي ل‎ (s-y-l).

Noun

سَائِل • (sāʾil) m (plural سَوَائِل‎ (sawāʾil))

  1. liquid
Declension

Verb

سَائِلْ • (sāʾil) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of سَاءَلَ‎ (sāʾala)
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