مسألة

Arabic

Root
س ء ل (s-ʔ-l)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ʔa.la/

Noun

مَسْأَلَة • (masʔala) f (plural مَسَائِل (masāʔil))

1. verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala) (form I)
2. (dated) question

   Synonym: سُؤَال (suʔāl)

3. issue, problem, point in question, thesis
4. request, begging

Declension

Declension of noun مَسْأَلَة (masʔala)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْأَلَة masʔala	الْمَسْأَلَة al-masʔala	مَسْأَلَة masʔalat
Nominative	مَسْأَلَةٌ masʔalatun	الْمَسْأَلَةُ al-masʔalatu	مَسْأَلَةُ masʔalatu
Accusative	مَسْأَلَةً masʔalatan	الْمَسْأَلَةَ al-masʔalata	مَسْأَلَةَ masʔalata
Genitive	مَسْأَلَةٍ masʔalatin	الْمَسْأَلَةِ al-masʔalati	مَسْأَلَةِ masʔalati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْأَلَتَيْن masʔalatayn	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْن al-masʔalatayn	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
Nominative	مَسْأَلَتَانِ masʔalatāni	الْمَسْأَلَتَانِ al-masʔalatāni	مَسْأَلَتَا masʔalatā
Accusative	مَسْأَلَتَيْنِ masʔalatayni	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْنِ al-masʔalatayni	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
Genitive	مَسْأَلَتَيْنِ masʔalatayni	الْمَسْأَلَتَيْنِ al-masʔalatayni	مَسْأَلَتَيْ masʔalatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَائِل masāʔil	الْمَسَائِل al-masāʔil	مَسَائِل masāʔil
Nominative	مَسَائِلُ masāʔilu	الْمَسَائِلُ al-masāʔilu	مَسَائِلُ masāʔilu
Accusative	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila	الْمَسَائِلَ al-masāʔila	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila
Genitive	مَسَائِلَ masāʔila	الْمَسَائِلِ al-masāʔili	مَسَائِلِ masāʔili

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məsələ
• → Bashkir: мәсьәлә (məsʹələ)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: मसला (maslā)
  • Urdu: مسئلہ (mas'alā)
• → Kazakh: мәселе (mäsele)
• → Kumyk: масъала (masala)
• → Kyrgyz: маселе (masele)
• → Malay: masalah
  • Indonesian: masalah
• → Ottoman Turkish: مسئله (mesʾele)
  • Turkish: mesele
• → Punjabi: مَسئَلَہ
• → Persian: مسئله (mas'ale)
• → Turkmen: mesele
• → Uyghur: مەسىلە (mesile)
• → Uzbek: masala

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسألة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen