سائل

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saː.ʔil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Etymology 1

Root
س ء ل (s-ʔ-l)

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

Root
س ء ل (s-ʔ-l)

Noun

سَائِل • (sāʔil) m (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

Etymology 2

Root
س ي ل (s-y-l)

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

Root
س ي ل (s-y-l)

Noun

سَائِل • (sāʔil) m (plural سَوَائِل (sawāʔil))

  1. liquid
Declension

Verb

سَائِلْ • (sāʔil) (form III)

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