مقالة

See also: مقاله‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق و ل‎ (q-w-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.qaː.la/

Noun

مَقَالَة • (maqāla) f (plural مَقَالَات‎ (maqālāt))

  1. verbal noun of قَالَ‎ (qāla) (form I)
  2. article, essay
    ‏كَتَبَ مَقَالَةً عَنِ ٱلْأَوْضَاعِ بِسُورْيَةَ.‎‎
    kataba maqālatan ʕani l-ʔawḍāʕi bisūryata.
    He wrote an essay about the situation in Syria.
  3. (dated) something that has been said
    • (Can we date this quote?), Ibn Taymiyyah, مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية:
      ‏سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلَيْنِ تَنَازَعَا فِي كَيْفِيَّةِ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ هَلْ هُمَا جِسْمَانِ كُرِيَّانِ؟ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: «كُرِيَّانِ» وَأَنْكَرَ الْآخَرُ هَذِهِ الْمَقَالَةَ وَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ لَهَا أَصْلٌ» وَرَدَّهَا، فَمَا الصَّوَابُ؟‎‎
      suʔila ʕan rajulayni tanāzaʕā fī kayfiyyati s-samāʔi wa-l-ʔarḍi hal humā jismāni kuriyyāni? faqāla ʔaḥaduhumā: “kuriyyāni” wa-ʔankara l-ʔāḵaru haḏihi al-maqālata wa-qāla: “laysa lahā ʔaṣlun” wa-raddahā, fa-mā ṣ-ṣawābu?
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    Synonyms: قَوْل‎ (qawl), مَقَال‎ (maqāl)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “مقالة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
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