سؤال

See also: سوال‎ and شوال‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of سَأَلَ‎ (saʾala, “to ask a question”), from the root س ء ل‎ (s-ʾ-l).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.ʔaːl/
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Noun

سُؤَال • (suʾāl) m (plural أَسْئِلَة‎ (ʾasʾila) or سُؤَالَات‎ (suʾālāt))

  1. verbal noun of سَأَلَ‎ (saʾala) (form I)
  2. question
    ‏عِنْدِي سُؤَال.‎‎
    ʿindī suʾāl.
    I have a question.
Declension
Declension of noun سُؤَال (suʾāl)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُؤَال
suʾāl		 السُّؤَال‎
as-suʾāl		 سُؤَال
suʾāl
Nominative سُؤَالٌ
suʾālun		 السُّؤَالُ‎
as-suʾālu		 سُؤَالُ
suʾālu
Accusative سُؤَالًا‎
suʾālan		 السُّؤَالَ‎
as-suʾāla		 سُؤَالَ
suʾāla
Genitive سُؤَالٍ
suʾālin		 السُّؤَالِ‎
as-suʾāli		 سُؤَالِ
suʾāli
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُؤَالَيْن‎
suʾālayn		 السُّؤَالَيْن‎
as-suʾālayn		 سُؤَالَيْ‎
suʾālay
Nominative سُؤَالَانِ‎
suʾālāni		 السُّؤَالَانِ‎
as-suʾālāni		 سُؤَالَا‎
suʾālā
Accusative سُؤَالَيْنِ‎
suʾālayni		 السُّؤَالَيْنِ‎
as-suʾālayni		 سُؤَالَيْ‎
suʾālay
Genitive سُؤَالَيْنِ‎
suʾālayni		 السُّؤَالَيْنِ‎
as-suʾālayni		 سُؤَالَيْ‎
suʾālay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَسْئِلَة‎‎; سُؤَالَات‎
ʾasʾila‎; suʾālāt		 الْأَسْئِلَة‎‎; السُّؤَالَات‎
al-ʾasʾila‎; as-suʾālāt		 أَسْئِلَة‎‎; سُؤَالَات‎
ʾasʾilat‎; suʾālāt
Nominative أَسْئِلَةٌ‎‎; سُؤَالَاتٌ‎
ʾasʾilatun‎; suʾālātun		 الْأَسْئِلَةُ‎‎; السُّؤَالَاتُ‎
al-ʾasʾilatu‎; as-suʾālātu		 أَسْئِلَةُ‎‎; سُؤَالَاتُ‎
ʾasʾilatu‎; suʾālātu
Accusative أَسْئِلَةً‎‎; سُؤَالَاتٍ‎
ʾasʾilatan‎; suʾālātin		 الْأَسْئِلَةَ‎‎; السُّؤَالَاتِ‎
al-ʾasʾilata‎; as-suʾālāti		 أَسْئِلَةَ‎‎; سُؤَالَاتِ‎
ʾasʾilata‎; suʾālāti
Genitive أَسْئِلَةٍ‎‎; سُؤَالَاتٍ‎
ʾasʾilatin‎; suʾālātin		 الْأَسْئِلَةِ‎‎; السُّؤَالَاتِ‎
al-ʾasʾilati‎; as-suʾālāti		 أَسْئِلَةِ‎‎; سُؤَالَاتِ‎
ʾasʾilati‎; suʾālāti
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: sual
  • Crimean Tatar: sual
  • Kazakh: сауал (sawal)
  • Swahili: swali

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suʔ.ʔaːl/

Noun

سُؤَّال • (suʾʾāl) m pl

  1. plural of سَائِل‎ (sāʾil)

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

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سُؤَال‎ (suʾāl).

Pronunciation

Noun
Dari Persian سؤال‎
Iranian Persian سؤال‎
Tajiki Persian суол (suol)

سؤال • (so'âl) (plural سؤالات‎ (so'âlât) or سؤال‌ها‎ (so'âl-hâ))

  1. question

Synonyms
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