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س-ء-ل

The Arabic root س-ء-ل (s-a-l)

Form I verb سَأَلَ: to ask

14 words in the dictionary are built from س-ء-ل, including verbs in Forms I, III, V, VI, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form I
to ask
Noun
question
Verb · Form VI
to ask one another
Noun
official
Noun
responsibility
Adjective
responsible
Noun
questioner

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

سَأَلَ · present يَسْأَلُ
Form I · The plain action

to ask, inquire; to ask, request, demand, claim; to beg

Verbal noun
question
Verbal noun
issue
تَسْآل
Verbal noun
Active participle
questioner
Passive participle
official
Passive participle
responsible
سَاءَلَ · present يُسَائِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to hold answerable, settle an account with, hold accountable, call to account; to gather information about; to ask, question, interrogate

مُسَاءَلَة
Verbal noun
مُسَائِل
Active participle
مُسَاءَل
Passive participle
تَسَوَّلَ · present يَتَسَوَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to beg

تَسَوُّل
Verbal noun
مُتَسَوِّل
Active participle
beggar
مُتَسَوَّل
Passive participle
تَسَاءَلَ · present يَتَسَاءَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to ask one another; to ask oneself; to wonder

تَسَاؤُل
Verbal noun
مُتَسَائِل
Active participle
مُتَسَاءَل
Passive participle
اِسْتَسْأَلَ · present يَسْتَسْئِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to ask

اِسْتِسْآل
Verbal noun
مُسْتَسْئِل
Active participle
مُسْتَسْأَل
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
responsibility
سَآّل
Adjective
excessively demanding or asking for things

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