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
    • Quran 93:10
      وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
      waʾammā s-sāʾila falā tanhar
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
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. fluid, liquid
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

سَائِلْ (sāʾil) (form III)

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