مسألة

Arabic

Root
س ء ل (s ʔ l)
15 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ʔa.la/

Noun

مَسْأَلَة • (masʔala) f (plural مَسَائِل (masāʔil))

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

   Synonym: سُؤَال (suʔāl)

3. issue, problem, point in question, thesis
4. request, begging

Declension

Declension of noun مَسْأَلَة (masʔala)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَسْأَلَة masʔala	الْمَسْأَلَة al-masʔala	مَسْأَلَة masʔalat
nominative	مَسْأَلَةٌ masʔalatun	الْمَسْأَلَةُ al-masʔalatu	مَسْأَلَةُ masʔalatu
accusative	مَسْأَلَةً masʔalatan	الْمَسْأَلَةَ al-masʔalata	مَسْأَلَةَ masʔalata
genitive	مَسْأَلَةٍ masʔalatin	الْمَسْأَلَةِ al-masʔalati	مَسْأَلَةِ masʔalati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَسْأَلَتَيْن masʔalatayn	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْن al-masʔalatayn	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
nominative	مَسْأَلَتَانِ masʔalatāni	الْمَسْأَلَتَانِ al-masʔalatāni	مَسْأَلَتَا masʔalatā
accusative	مَسْأَلَتَيْنِ masʔalatayni	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْنِ al-masʔalatayni	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
genitive	مَسْأَلَتَيْنِ masʔalatayni	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْنِ al-masʔalatayni	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَسَائِل masāʔil	الْمَسَائِل al-masāʔil	مَسَائِل masāʔil
nominative	مَسَائِلُ masāʔilu	الْمَسَائِلُ al-masāʔilu	مَسَائِلُ masāʔilu
accusative	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila	الْمَسَائِلَ al-masāʔila	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila
genitive	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila	الْمَسَائِلِ al-masāʔili	مَسَائِلِ masāʔili

Descendants

• → Armenian: մասալա (masala)
• → Azerbaijani: məsələ
• → Bashkir: мәсьәлә (məsələ)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: मसला (maslā)
  • Urdu: مسئلہ (mas'alā)
• → Kazakh: мәселе (mäsele)
• → Kumyk: масъала (masala)
• → Kyrgyz: маселе (masele)
• → Malay: masalah
  • Indonesian: masalah
• → Ottoman Turkish: مسئله (mesʾele)
  • Turkish: mesele
• → Punjabi: مَسئَلَہ
• → Persian: مسئله (mas'ale)
• → Turkmen: mesele
• → Uyghur: مەسىلە (mesile)
• → Uzbek: masala

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسألة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen