سآل

Arabic

Root
س ء ل (s ʔ l)
15 terms

Alternative forms

سَأَّال (saʔʔāl), سَئَّال (saʔʔāl)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saʔ.ʔaːl/

Adjective

سَآّل • (saʔʔāl) (feminine سَآّلَة (saʔʔāla), masculine plural سَآّلُون (saʔʔālūn), feminine plural سَآّلَات (saʔʔālāt))

excessively demanding or asking for things
inquisitive, frequently asking for information or inquiring about something
- a. 965, اَلْمُتَنَبِّي [al-mutanabbī], “أَظَبْيَةَ الْوَحْشِ لَوْلَا ظَبْيَةُ الْأَنَسِ [ʔaẓabyata l-waḥši lawlā ẓabyatu l-ʔanasi]” (chapter 127), in أَبُو الْبَقَاء الْعُكْبَرِيّ [ʔabū l-baqāʔ al-ʕukbariyy], edited by إِبْرَاهِيم الْأَبْيَارِيّ [ʔibrāhīm al-ʔabyāriyy], مُصْطَفَى السَّقَّا [muṣṭafā s-saqqā], and عَبْد الْحَفِيظ شَلَبِيّ [ʕabd al-ḥafīẓ šalabiyy], ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري, Part 2, Beirut, Lebanon: دَار الْمَعْرِفَة [dār al-maʕrifa], published 1978, →OCLC, page 187, verse 4:
  صَرِيعَ مُقْلَتِهَا سَآّلَ دِمْنَتِهَا / قَتِيلَ تَكْسِيرِ ذَاكِ الْجَفْنِ وَٱللَّعَسِ
  ṣarīʕa muqlatihā saʔʔāla dimnatihā / qatīla taksīri ḏāki l-jafni wal-laʕasi
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of adjective **سَآّل** (saʔʔāl)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	سَآّل saʔʔāl	السَّآّل as-saʔʔāl	سَآّلَة saʔʔāla	السَّآّلَة as-saʔʔāla
nominative	سَآّلٌ saʔʔālun	السَّآّلُ as-saʔʔālu	سَآّلَةٌ saʔʔālatun	السَّآّلَةُ as-saʔʔālatu
accusative	سَآّلًا saʔʔālan	السَّآّلَ as-saʔʔāla	سَآّلَةً saʔʔālatan	السَّآّلَةَ as-saʔʔālata
genitive	سَآّلٍ saʔʔālin	السَّآّلِ as-saʔʔāli	سَآّلَةٍ saʔʔālatin	السَّآّلَةِ as-saʔʔālati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	سَآّلَيْن saʔʔālayn	السَّآّلَيْن as-saʔʔālayn	سَآّلَتَيْن saʔʔālatayn	السَّآّلَتَيْن as-saʔʔālatayn
nominative	سَآّلَانِ saʔʔālāni	السَّآّلَانِ as-saʔʔālāni	سَآّلَتَانِ saʔʔālatāni	السَّآّلَتَانِ as-saʔʔālatāni
accusative	سَآّلَيْنِ saʔʔālayni	السَّآّلَيْنِ as-saʔʔālayni	سَآّلَتَيْنِ saʔʔālatayni	السَّآّلَتَيْنِ as-saʔʔālatayni
genitive	سَآّلَيْنِ saʔʔālayni	السَّآّلَيْنِ as-saʔʔālayni	سَآّلَتَيْنِ saʔʔālatayni	السَّآّلَتَيْنِ as-saʔʔālatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	سَآّلِين saʔʔālīn	السَّآّلِين as-saʔʔālīn	سَآّلَات saʔʔālāt	السَّآّلَات as-saʔʔālāt
nominative	سَآّلُونَ saʔʔālūna	السَّآّلُونَ as-saʔʔālūna	سَآّلَاتٌ saʔʔālātun	السَّآّلَاتُ as-saʔʔālātu
accusative	سَآّلِينَ saʔʔālīna	السَّآّلِينَ as-saʔʔālīna	سَآّلَاتٍ saʔʔālātin	السَّآّلَاتِ as-saʔʔālāti
genitive	سَآّلِينَ saʔʔālīna	السَّآّلِينَ as-saʔʔālīna	سَآّلَاتٍ saʔʔālātin	السَّآّلَاتِ as-saʔʔālāti