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سائل

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Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Root
س ء ل (s ʔ l)
15 terms

Derived from the active participle of سَأَلَ (saʔala, to ask)

Root
س ء ل (s ʔ l)
15 terms

Noun

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سَائِل (sāʔilm (plural سَائِلُون (sāʔilūn) or سُؤَّال (suʔʔāl) or سَأَلَة (saʔala), feminine سَائِلَة (sāʔila))

  1. questioner, petitioner, asker
  2. beggar, canter, mendicant
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 93:10:
      وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
      wa-ʔammā s-sāʔila fa-lā tanhar
      And as for the petitioner, do not repel him.
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Root
س ي ل (s y l)
6 terms

Derived from the active participle of سَالَ (sāla, to flow)

Root
س ي ل (s y l)
6 terms

Noun

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سَائِل (sāʔilm (plural سَوَائِل (sawāʔil))

  1. liquid
Declension
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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سَائِلْ (sāʔil) (form III) /saː.ʔil/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of سَاءَلَ (sāʔala)