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))

verbal noun of سَأَلَ‎ (saʾala) (form I)
question
‏عِنْدِي سُؤَال.‎‎
ʿindī suʾāl.
I have a question.

Declension

Declension of noun سُؤَال (suʾāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسْئِلَة‎ ʾasʾila	الْأَسْئِلَة‎ al-ʾasʾila	أَسْئِلَة‎ ʾasʾilat
Nominative	أَسْئِلَةٌ‎ ʾasʾilatun	الْأَسْئِلَةُ‎ al-ʾasʾilatu	أَسْئِلَةُ‎ ʾasʾilatu
Accusative	أَسْئِلَةً‎ ʾasʾilatan	الْأَسْئِلَةَ‎ al-ʾasʾilata	أَسْئِلَةَ‎ ʾasʾilata
Genitive	أَسْئِلَةٍ‎ ʾasʾilatin	الْأَسْئِلَةِ‎ al-ʾasʾilati	أَسْئِلَةِ‎ ʾasʾilati

Descendants

Azerbaijani: sual
Crimean Tatar: sual
Kazakh: сауал (sawal)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /suʔ.ʔaːl/

Noun

سُؤَّال • (suʾʾāl) m pl

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

سوال‎ (soâl)

Etymology

From Arabic سُؤَال‎ (suʾāl).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [so(ʔ)ɒːl]

Noun

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

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

question

Synonyms

پرسش‎ (porseš)

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