سؤال

See also: سوال and شوال

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ʔaːl/

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Noun

سُؤَال • (suʔāl) m (plural أَسْئِلَة (ʔasʔila) or سُؤَالَات (suʔālāt))

1. verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala) (form I)
2. question

   عِنْدِي سُؤَال.

   ʕindī suʔāl.

   I have a question.

Declension

Declension of noun سُؤَال (suʔāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُؤَال suʔāl	السُّؤَال as-suʔāl	سُؤَال suʔāl
Nominative	سُؤَالٌ suʔālun	السُّؤَالُ as-suʔālu	سُؤَالُ suʔālu
Accusative	سُؤَالًا suʔālan	السُّؤَالَ as-suʔāla	سُؤَالَ suʔāla
Genitive	سُؤَالٍ suʔālin	السُّؤَالِ as-suʔāli	سُؤَالِ suʔāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُؤَالَيْن suʔālayn	السُّؤَالَيْن as-suʔālayn	سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay
Nominative	سُؤَالَانِ suʔālāni	السُّؤَالَانِ as-suʔālāni	سُؤَالَا suʔālā
Accusative	سُؤَالَيْنِ suʔālayni	السُّؤَالَيْنِ as-suʔālayni	سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay
Genitive	سُؤَالَيْنِ suʔālayni	السُّؤَالَيْنِ as-suʔālayni	سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسْئِلَة‎; سُؤَالَات ʔasʔila‎; suʔālāt	الْأَسْئِلَة‎; السُّؤَالَات al-ʔasʔila‎; as-suʔālāt	أَسْئِلَة‎; سُؤَالَات ʔasʔilat‎; suʔālāt
Nominative	أَسْئِلَةٌ‎; سُؤَالَاتٌ ʔasʔilatun‎; suʔālātun	الْأَسْئِلَةُ‎; السُّؤَالَاتُ al-ʔasʔilatu‎; as-suʔālātu	أَسْئِلَةُ‎; سُؤَالَاتُ ʔasʔilatu‎; suʔālātu
Accusative	أَسْئِلَةً‎; سُؤَالَاتٍ ʔasʔilatan‎; suʔālātin	الْأَسْئِلَةَ‎; السُّؤَالَاتِ al-ʔasʔilata‎; as-suʔālāti	أَسْئِلَةَ‎; سُؤَالَاتِ ʔasʔilata‎; suʔālāti
Genitive	أَسْئِلَةٍ‎; سُؤَالَاتٍ ʔasʔilatin‎; suʔālātin	الْأَسْئِلَةِ‎; السُّؤَالَاتِ al-ʔasʔilati‎; as-suʔālāti	أَسْئِلَةِ‎; سُؤَالَاتِ ʔasʔilati‎; suʔālāti

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: sual
• Crimean Tatar: sual
• Kazakh: сауал (saual)
• Swahili: swali

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suʔ.ʔaːl/

Noun

سُؤَّال • (suʔʔāl) m pl

1. plural of سَائِل (sāʔil)

References

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

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Persian

Alternative forms

• سوال (soâl)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

Noun

Dari	سؤال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	суол

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

1. question

   Synonym: پُرْسِش (porseš)

   Antonyms: جَوَاب (javâb), پاسُخ (pâsox)