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قَوْل

a saying

Noun · masculineRoot ق-و-ل

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Highlights

Plural
أَقْوَال
Other plural
أَقَاوِيل
Verbal noun of
قَالَ
to say

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
قَالَ
to say
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

قَوْل in English

Noun · masculine

Verbal noun of قَالَ (to say): the act or idea of the verb.

  1. a saying; a declaration; a statement; an assertion
    قَرَأْتُ أَقْوَالَ الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ.I was reading about the assertions of the Muʿtazilites.
  2. the power of speaking; speech uncountable

Word origin

From Proto-West Semitic *ḳawl- (“voice”). Cognate with Aramaic קָלָא (qālā, “sound; voice; noise”), Hebrew קוֹל (qōl, “sound; voice; noise”), and Ge'ez ቃል (ḳal, “sound; voice; speech; statement”).

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

قَوْل
Verbal noun
a saying
مَقَالَة
Verbal noun
article
مَقَال
Verbal noun
speech
قَائِل
Active participle
مَقُول
Passive participle
قَالَة
Derived noun
gossip
قَوَّلَ · present يُقَوِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to say about to have said

تَقْوِيل
Verbal noun
مُقَوِّل
Active participle
مُقَوَّل
Passive participle
قَاوَلَ · present يُقَاوِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to talk, discuss, negotiate, bargain, haggle, wrangle, dispute, argue, speak with

مُقَاوَلَة
Verbal noun
talk
مُقَاوِل
Active participle
مُقَاوَل
Passive participle
تَقَوَّلَ · present يَتَقَوَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to fabricate, to make up

تَقَوُّل
Verbal noun
مُتَقَوِّل
Active participle
مُتَقَوَّل
Passive participle
مَقُولَة
Noun · f.
saying

قَوْل: plural and other forms

Singularقَوْل
Pluralأَقْوَال
Alternative pluralsأَقَاوِيل

قَوْل in a sentence

Dictionary examples

a saying

قَرَأْتُ أَقْوَالَ الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ.I was reading about the assertions of the Muʿtazilites.

From a fully vowelled text

أَقِمْ لِعَبْدِكَ قَوْلَكَ الَّذِي لِمُتَّقِيكَ.Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.Psalms 119:38, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ صَفَحْتُ حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ.And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:Numbers 14:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لاَ قَوْلَ وَلاَ كَلاَمَ. لاَ يُسْمَعُ صَوْتُهُمْ.There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.Psalms 19:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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