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سَأَل

to ask /ˈsaʔala/

verbA1#273 most common

Also: to inquire, ask about, to question, to ask for, request

Example sentences

سَأَلَ الوَلَدُ عَنِ الكِتابِ.
The boy asked about the book.
سَأَلْتُ المُعَلِّمَ سُؤالاً مُهِمّاً.
I asked the teacher an important question.
سَأَلَتِ الطَّبيبَةُ المَريضَ عَنْ أَعْراضِهِ.
The doctor asked the patient about his symptoms.
عِنْدَما سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ سَبَبِ تَأَخُّرِهِ، اعْتَذَرَ بِأَدَبٍ.
When I asked him about the reason for his lateness, he apologized politely.
لَمْ يَجْرُؤْ أَيُّ صَحَفِيٍّ عَلى أَنْ يَسْأَلَ الوَزيرَ عَنِ الصَّفَقاتِ المَشْبوهَةِ.
No journalist dared to ask the minister about the suspicious deals.
ظَلَّ يَسْأَلُ نَفْسَهُ، وَهُوَ يُحَدِّقُ في الظَّلامِ، عَمّا إِذا كانَ بِإِمْكانِهِ أَنْ يُصَحِّحَ ما أَفْسَدَهُ.
He kept asking himself, staring into the darkness, whether he could put right what he had ruined.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَسْأَلُ (asʾalu)سَأَلْتُ (saʾaltu)سَأَسْأَلُ (saʾasʾalu)
2sgتَسْأَلُ (tasʾalu)سَأَلْتَ (saʾalta)سَتَسْأَلُ (satasʾalu)
3sgيَسْأَلُ (yasʾalu)سَأَلَ (saʾala)سَيَسْأَلُ (sayasʾalu)
1plنَسْأَلُ (nasʾalu)سَأَلْنا (saʾalnā)سَنَسْأَلُ (sanasʾalu)
2plتَسْأَلونَ (tasʾalūna)سَأَلْتُمْ (saʾaltum)سَتَسْأَلونَ (satasʾalūna)
3plيَسْأَلونَ (yasʾalūna)سَأَلوا (saʾalū)سَيَسْأَلونَ (sayasʾalūna)

Word family

سُؤالquestion
مَسْأَلةmatter, issue, problem
سائِلquestioner, beggar
مَسْؤولresponsible, accountable; official
تَساءَلَto wonder, to ask oneself

Etymology

سَأَل comes from the Proto-Semitic root *šʾl, meaning to ask or request. The same root runs across the Semitic family, from Akkadian to Hebrew. The Hebrew name Saul, Shaʾul, is built on it and means asked for or requested.

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