CommunicationRoot 5 of 11 in this field
س-أ-ل
asking
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Words from this root
8 words in 8 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعَلَ سَأَلَ
to ask (a question); to ask for
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- Present
- يَسْأَلُ
- Command
- اِسْأَلْ
فُعَال سُؤَالٌ
a question
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- Plural
- أَسْئِلَةٌ
عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ I have a question
مَفْعُول Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
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responsible; (noun) an official, the person in charge
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- Plural
- مَسْؤُولُونَ
- Feminine
- مَسْؤُولَةٌ
فَعْلِيّ مَسْؤُولِيَّةٌ
responsibility
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- Plural
- مَسْؤُولِيَّاتٌ
مَفْعَلَة مَسْأَلَةٌ
a question, an issue; a (maths) problem
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- Plural
- مَسَائِلُ
فَاعِل سَائِلٌ
asker, questioner
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تَفَاعَلَ تَسَاءَلَ
to wonder, ask oneself
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- Present
- يَتَسَاءَلُ
تَفَاعُل تَسَاؤُلٌ
a wondering, an open question
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- Plural
- تَسَاؤُلَاتٌ
How the patterns shape this root
سَأَلَ is to ask: عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ, I have a question, plural أَسْئِلَة. The hamza moves to different seats as the vowels around it change — سَأَلَ، سُؤَال، مَسْؤُول، أَسْئِلَة — but the root is the same. مَسْؤُول (مَفْعُول) is 'the one who will be asked', so it means responsible and, as a noun, the official in charge; مَسْؤُولِيَّة is responsibility. مَسْأَلَة (مَفْعَلَة) is a matter one asks about, an issue or a problem; form VI تَسَاءَلَ is to ask oneself, to wonder.
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