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رِسالَة
message /riˈsaːla/
nounA1#350 most common
Also: letter, epistle, thesis/dissertation
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ رِسالَة.
This is a letter.
كَتَبْتُ رِسالَة لِأُمّي.
I wrote a letter to my mother.
وَصَلَتْني رِسالَة مِنْ صَديقي القَديم.
A message reached me from my old friend.
أَرْسَلَ لي رِسالَة قَصيرَة يَعْتَذِرُ فيها عَنِ التَّأْخير.
He sent me a short message apologizing for the delay.
تَحْمِلُ هٰذِهِ الرِّسالَة طابِعاً رَسْمِيّاً يَتَطَلَّبُ رَدّاً عاجِلاً.
This letter carries an official character that requires an urgent reply.
ناقَشَ الباحِثُ رِسالَتَهُ لِنَيْلِ دَرَجَةِ الدُّكْتوراه أَمامَ لَجْنَةٍ مُتَخَصِّصَة.
The researcher defended his dissertation for the doctorate before a specialized committee.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رِسالَةٌ | رَسائِلُ |
| Genitive | رِسالَةٍ | رَسائِلَ |
| Accusative | رِسالَةً | رَسائِلَ |
| Vocative | يا رِسالَةُ | يا رَسائِلُ |
Word family
رَسولmessenger, prophet
أَرْسَلَto send
مُراسَلَةcorrespondence
مُرْسِلsender
إِرْسالtransmission, sendingEtymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ر-س-ل (r-s-l), which means to send. It follows the noun pattern fiʿāla, so the base sense is the thing that is sent. The same root gives رَسول (messenger) and أَرْسَلَ (to send).
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