a saying
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Highlights
Present tense
يَقُولُ
Verbal nouns
Active participle
قَائِل
Passive participle
مَقُول
Most common words from the same root
Noun
مَقَالَة
article
Noun
مَقَال
speech
Verb · Form V
تَقَوَّلَ
to fabricate
Noun
مَقُولَة
saying
Verb · Form II
قَوَّلَ
to say about to have said
قَالَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to say
قولوا معي قولوا معي الله الله الله أكبرSay with me! Say with me! God, God, God is great!1955, “Allahu Akbar”, Mahmoud El-Sherif (lyrics), Abdalla Shams El-Din (music)^([Allahu Akbar])
- to call (by name)
- to tell
قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْTell the believing men to lower their gaze,...609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:30
- to advocate, to propound, to root, to stand up for, to support
ويقول الأوروبيون بنوع خصوصي على الكفير وهو كذلك لبن شرقي يحضر في القوقاس بتخمير حليب البقر بخميرة خصوصية تباع في الصيدلات في أوروبا ومصر كتلا جامدة مرنة جلاتينية بيضاء مصفرة مستديرة أو مخروطية بحجم الحمصة. […]The Europeans advocate for a particular kind [of yoghurt] in consideration of kefir and it is likewise an Eastern milk afforded in the Caucasus by acidifying cow’s milk with particular yeast, sold in pharmacies in Europe and Egypt in congealed heaps, elastic, gelatineous, round or conic like a chickpea.1913, “النباتات الأهلية وفوائدها الطبية”, in المقتطف, volume 44, number 6 (حزيران), Cairo: Al-Muktataf Printing Office, حديث عن اللبن الرائب, page 593
Words from the root ق-و-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَالَ
· present يَقُولُ
Form I · The plain action
to say; to call (by name); to tell
مَقَالَة
article
مَقَال
speech
قَائِل
مَقُول
قَالَة
gossip
قَوَّلَ
· present يُقَوِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to say about to have said
تَقْوِيل
مُقَوِّل
مُقَوَّل
قَاوَلَ
· present يُقَاوِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to talk, discuss, negotiate, bargain, haggle, wrangle, dispute, argue, speak with
مُقَاوَلَة
talk
مُقَاوِل
مُقَاوَل
تَقَوَّلَ
· present يَتَقَوَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to fabricate, to make up
تَقَوُّل
مُتَقَوِّل
مُتَقَوَّل
مَقُولَة
saying
قَالَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | قُلْتُ | أَقُولُ | أَقُولَ | أَقُلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | قُلْتَ | تَقُولُ | تَقُولَ | تَقُلْ | قُلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | قُلْتِ | تَقُولِينَ | تَقُولِي | تَقُولِي | قُولِي |
| هُوَ he | قَالَ | يَقُولُ | يَقُولَ | يَقُلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | قَالَتْ | تَقُولُ | تَقُولَ | تَقُلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | قُلْتُمَا | تَقُولَانِ | تَقُولَا | تَقُولَا | قُولَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | قَالَا | يَقُولَانِ | يَقُولَا | يَقُولَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | قَالَتَا | تَقُولَانِ | تَقُولَا | تَقُولَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | قُلْنَا | نَقُولُ | نَقُولَ | نَقُلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | قُلْتُمْ | تَقُولُونَ | تَقُولُوا | تَقُولُوا | قُولُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | قُلْتُنَّ | تَقُلْنَ | تَقُلْنَ | تَقُلْنَ | قُلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | قَالُوا | يَقُولُونَ | يَقُولُوا | يَقُولُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | قُلْنَ | يَقُلْنَ | يَقُلْنَ | يَقُلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | قَوْل، مَقَال، مَقَالَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | قَائِل |
| Passive participle | مَقُول |
قَالَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to say
قولوا معي قولوا معي
الله الله الله أكبرSay with me! Say with me!
God, God, God is great!1955, “Allahu Akbar”, Mahmoud El-Sherif (lyrics), Abdalla Shams El-Din (music)^([Allahu Akbar])
to tell
قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْTell the believing men to lower their gaze,...609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:30
to advocate
ويقول الأوروبيون بنوع خصوصي على الكفير وهو كذلك لبن شرقي يحضر في القوقاس بتخمير حليب البقر بخميرة خصوصية تباع في الصيدلات في أوروبا ومصر كتلا جامدة مرنة جلاتينية بيضاء مصفرة مستديرة أو مخروطية بحجم الحمصة. […]The Europeans advocate for a particular kind [of yoghurt] in consideration of kefir and it is likewise an Eastern milk afforded in the Caucasus by acidifying cow’s milk with particular yeast, sold in pharmacies in Europe and Egypt in congealed heaps, elastic, gelatineous, round or conic like a chickpea.1913, “النباتات الأهلية وفوائدها الطبية”, in المقتطف, volume 44, number 6 (حزيران), Cairo: Al-Muktataf Printing Office, حديث عن اللبن الرائب, page 593
From a fully vowelled text
وَعَادَ أَلِيهُو فَقَالَ:Elihu also proceeded, and said,Job 36:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:But Job answered and said,Job 6:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:Then Job answered and said,Job 9:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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