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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