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مَسْؤُول
official /masˈʔuːl/
nounA2#818 most common
Also: person in charge, responsible person, manager
Example sentences
هُوَ مَسْؤُول.
He is responsible.
مَنْ هُوَ المَسْؤُول هُنَا؟
Who is in charge here?
المَسْؤُول عَنِ المَشْرُوعِ غَائِبٌ اليَوْمَ.
The person responsible for the project is away today.
يَجِبُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَسْؤُولٍ أَنْ يَحْتَرِمَ القَانُونَ.
Every official must respect the law.
حَمَّلَتِ الصَّحَافَةُ المَسْؤُولِينَ الحُكُومِيِّينَ تَبِعَاتِ الأَزْمَةِ.
The press held the government officials accountable for the consequences of the crisis.
بِصِفَتِهِ المَسْؤُولَ الأَوَّلَ عَنِ المِلَفِّ، تَحَمَّلَ تَبِعَاتِ القَرَارِ كَامِلَةً.
As the lead official on the file, he bore the full consequences of the decision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَسْؤُولٌ | مَسْؤُولُونَ |
| Genitive | مَسْؤُولٍ | مَسْؤُولِينَ |
| Accusative | مَسْؤُولاً | مَسْؤُولِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَسْؤُولُ | يا مَسْؤُولُونَ |
Word family
مَسْؤُولَة (masʾūla)female official, responsible woman
مَسْؤُولِيَّة (masʾūliyya)responsibility
سُؤَال (suʾāl)question
سَأَلَ (saʾala)to ask
مَسْؤُولُونَ (masʾūlūn)officials (plural)
Etymology
The word is the passive participle of the verb سَأَلَ (saʾala), 'to ask,' built on the Semitic root س-أ-ل (s-ʾ-l). It literally means 'one who is asked' or 'one who is questioned.' From the sense of being answerable when questioned it came to mean accountable or responsible, and as a noun an official or the person in charge.
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