سائل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of سَأَلَ (saʔala, to ask), from the root س ء ل (s-ʔ-l).

Noun

سَائِل (sāʔilm (plural سَائِلُون (sāʔilūn) or سُؤَّال (suʔʔāl) or سَأَلَة (saʔala), feminine سَائِلَة (sāʔila))

  1. questioner, petitioner, asker
  2. beggar, canter, mendicant
    • Quran 93:10
      وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
      waʔammā s-sāʔila falā tanhar
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of سَالَ (sāla, to flow), from س ي ل (s-y-l).

Noun

سَائِل (sāʔilm (plural سَوَائِل (sawāʔil))

  1. fluid, liquid
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

سَائِلْ (sāʔil) (form III)

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