قال

From the root ق و ل‎ (q-w-l).

• IPA^(key): /qaː.la/

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  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ɡaːl/
  • (Iraqi) IPA^(key): /ɡaːl/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /qaːl/

قَالَ • (qāla) I, non-past يَقُولُ‎‎ (yaqūlu)

1. to say
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:131:

     ‏إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ أَسْلِمْ ۖ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ‎

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:35:

     ‏وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ‎

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   • 1955, Mahmoud El-Sherif (lyrics), Abdalla Shams El-Din (music), “(Please provide the song title)”‎^{[[[w:Allahu Akbar (anthem)|Allahu Akbar]]]}:

     ‏قولوا معي قولوا معي
     الله الله الله أكبر‎

     Say with me! Say with me!
     God, God, God is great!

2. to call (by name)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:154:

     ‏وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتٌ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَشْعُرُونَ‎

     walā taqūlū liman yuqtalu fī sabīli l-lahi ʔamwātunbal ʔaḥyāʔun walākin llā tašʕurūna

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:60:

     ‏قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ‎

     qālū samiʕnā fatan yaḏkuruhum yuqālu lahu ʔibrāhīmu

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3. to tell
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:30:

     ‏قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ‎

     qul lilmuʔminīna yaḡuḍḍū min ʔabṣārihim

     Tell the believing men to lower their gaze,...

• قَوْل‎ (qawl)
• قِيل‎ (qīl)
• قَوَّال‎ (qawwāl)

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “قول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From the root ق ي ل‎ (q-y-l).

• IPA^(key): /qaː.la/

قَالَ • (qāla) I, non-past يَقِيلُ‎‎ (yaqīlu)

1. To nap.
2. To do something at noon.
3. To cancel a contract or a promise.

From Arabic قَالَ‎ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/, [ˈʔæːl]

قال • (ʾāl) (perfect, imperfect يقول‎ (yiʾūl), verb form I)

1. to say

From Arabic قَالَ‎ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): /qaːl/

قال • (qāl) (form I, non-past يقول‎ (yqūl))

1. to say

From Arabic قَالَ‎ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔaːl/, [ʔæːl]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaːl/, [ɡæːl]

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قال • (ʔāl) (form I, present بقول‎ (biʔūl))

1. (transitive) to say

   Synonym: حكى‎ (ḥaka)

   ‏شو بتقول إمّك؟‎‎

   šū bitʔūl ʔimmak?

   What does your mother say?

2. (ditransitive, by extension) to tell

   ‏قلتلّه بدّيش اروح.‎‎

   ʔoltillo biddīš arūḥ

   I told him I don't want to go.

• When the conjugation ends in a consonant cluster, the indirect-object marker ـلـ‎ (-l-) is geminated, causing the stress to shift; additionally, the long vowel is reduced to a short vowel. However, this effect takes place as well simply when the indirect-object marker is attached immediately after the final ل‎ of the term.

  ‏شو عم بتقول؟‎‎

  šū ʕam bitʔūl?

  What are you saying?

  ‏شو عم بتقلّي؟‎‎

  šū ʕam bitʔolli?

  What are you saying to me?

  ‏شو قلتلّي؟‎‎

  šū ʔoltilli?

  What did you say to me?