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مقالة

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See also: مقاله

Arabic

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Root
ق و ل (q w l)
11 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مَقَالَة (maqālaf (plural مَقَالَات (maqālāt))

  1. verbal noun of قَالَ (qāla) (form I)
  2. article, essay
    كَتَبَ مَقَالَةً عَنِ ٱلْأَوْضَاعِ بِسُورْيَةَ.
    kataba maqālatan ʕani l-ʔawḍāʕi bi-sūryata.
    He wrote an essay about the situation in Syria.
  3. (dated) something that has been said
    Synonyms: قَوْل (qawl), مَقَال (maqāl)
    • a. 756, عبد اللّٰه بن المقفّع [ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ], edited by Michael Fishbein, كتاب كليلة ودمنة [Kalīlah and Dimnah] (Library of Arabic Literature; 76)‎[1], New York: NYU Press, published 2022, →ISBN, section 9.3, page 276:
      إِنَّهُ مَنْ قَالَ فِيمَا لَا يَدْرِي هَلْ يَكُونُ أَمْ لَا مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِكَ كَانَ خَلِيقًا أَنْ يَصِيرَ أَمْرُهُ إِلَى مَا صَارَ إِلَيْهِ أَمْرُ ٱلنَّاسِكِ ٱلَّذِي ٱنْصَبَّ سَمْنُهُ وَعَسَلُهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ.
      ʔinnahu man qāla fīmā lā yadrī hal yakūnu ʔam lā miṯla maqālatika kāna ḵalīqan ʔan yaṣīra ʔamruhu ʔilā mā ṣāra ʔilayhi ʔamru n-nāsiki llaḏī nṣabba samnuhu wa-ʕasaluhu ʕalā raʔsihi.
      He who commit himself where he knows not whether it is or is not – you are aptly likened in your talk’s effect to the ascetic whose cause came out in such a fashion that his butter and honey spilled on his head.
    • a. 1328, Ibn Taymiyyah, مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية:
      سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلَيْنِ تَنَازَعَا فِي كَيْفِيَّةِ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ هَلْ هُمَا جِسْمَانِ كُرِيَّانِ؟ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: «كُرِيَّانِ» وَأَنْكَرَ الْآخَرُ هَذِهِ الْمَقَالَةَ وَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ لَهَا أَصْلٌ» وَرَدَّهَا، فَمَا الصَّوَابُ؟
      suʔila ʕan rajulayni tanāzaʕā fī kayfiyyati s-samāʔi wa-l-ʔarḍi hal humā jismāni kuriyyāni? faqāla ʔaḥaduhumā: “kuriyyāni” wa-ʔankara l-ʔāḵaru haḏihi al-maqālata wa-qāla: “laysa lahā ʔaṣlun” wa-raddahā, fa-mā ṣ-ṣawābu?
      He was asked about two men who disputed the quality of heaven and earth, whether they are ball-shaped. One said, “ball-shaped”, and the other denied this statement and said “they have no ground”, and rejected it, however which is right?

Declension

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Declension of noun مَقَالَة (maqāla)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal مَقَالَة
maqāla
الْمَقَالَة
al-maqāla
مَقَالَة
maqālat
nominative مَقَالَةٌ
maqālatun
الْمَقَالَةُ
al-maqālatu
مَقَالَةُ
maqālatu
accusative مَقَالَةً
maqālatan
الْمَقَالَةَ
al-maqālata
مَقَالَةَ
maqālata
genitive مَقَالَةٍ
maqālatin
الْمَقَالَةِ
al-maqālati
مَقَالَةِ
maqālati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَقَالَتَيْن
maqālatayn
الْمَقَالَتَيْن
al-maqālatayn
مَقَالَتَيْ
maqālatay
nominative مَقَالَتَانِ
maqālatāni
الْمَقَالَتَانِ
al-maqālatāni
مَقَالَتَا
maqālatā
accusative مَقَالَتَيْنِ
maqālatayni
الْمَقَالَتَيْنِ
al-maqālatayni
مَقَالَتَيْ
maqālatay
genitive مَقَالَتَيْنِ
maqālatayni
الْمَقَالَتَيْنِ
al-maqālatayni
مَقَالَتَيْ
maqālatay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal مَقَالَات
maqālāt
الْمَقَالَات
al-maqālāt
مَقَالَات
maqālāt
nominative مَقَالَاتٌ
maqālātun
الْمَقَالَاتُ
al-maqālātu
مَقَالَاتُ
maqālātu
accusative مَقَالَاتٍ
maqālātin
الْمَقَالَاتِ
al-maqālāti
مَقَالَاتِ
maqālāti
genitive مَقَالَاتٍ
maqālātin
الْمَقَالَاتِ
al-maqālāti
مَقَالَاتِ
maqālāti

Descendants

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References

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  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “مقالة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN