שאל

See also: שאַל

Aramaic

Etymology

From root ש-א-ל.

Verb

שאל • (transliteration needed)

  1. to ask, to inquire
  2. to lend, to borrow

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
שׁ־א־ל (š-ʾ-l)

Compare Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala), Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).

Pronunciation
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Verb

שָׁאַל • (sha'ál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future יִשְׁאַל, passive participle שָׁאוּל, passive counterpart נִשְׁאַל)

  1. to ask (a question), to query
  2. to borrow (an item)

Usage notes
  • (ask): Unlike English ask, Hebrew שָׁאַל is not usually used in the sense of “request”; for that, ביקש / בִּקֵּשׁ (bikésh, “ask for, request”) is used.
  • (borrow): Unlike English borrow, Hebrew שָׁאַל is not used with loans that are not returned exactly, such as money (since one does not return the same money that one borrows, as in the same bills or coins or the like, but rather an equivalent amount of money); for that, הלווה / הִלְוָה (hilvá, “borrow (money, etc.)”) is used.

Conjugation
Conjugation of שָׁאַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לשאול / לִשְׁאֹל
  • action noun: שְׁאִילָה
  • passive participle: שָׁאוּל
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁאַלְתִּישָׁאַלְנוּ
second שָׁאַלְתָּשָׁאַלְתְּשְׁאַלְתֶּם1שְׁאַלְתֶּן1
third שָׁאַלשָׁאֲלָהשָׁאֲלוּ
present שׁוֹאֵלשׁוֹאֶלֶתשׁוֹאֲלִיםשׁוֹאֲלוֹת
future first אֶשְׁאַלנִשְׁאַל
second תִּשְׁאַלתִּשְׁאֲלִיתִּשְׁאֲלוּתִּשְׁאַלְנָה2
third יִשְׁאַלתִּשְׁאַליִשְׁאֲלוּתִּשְׁאַלְנָה2
imperative שְׁאַלשַׁאֲלִישַׁאֲלוּשְׁאַלְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁאַלְתֶּם and שָׁאַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

Yiddish

Noun

שאל • (shal) f, plural שאלן (shaln), diminutive שאליקל (shalikl)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שאַל (shal).
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