"שאל" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Aramaic]

Etymology: From root ש-א-ל. Head templates: {{head|arc|verb}} שאל • (transliteration needed)
  1. to ask, to inquire
    Sense id: en-שאל-arc-verb-p~704eDX Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 29 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 29 25 25
  2. to lend, to borrow
    Sense id: en-שאל-arc-verb-ZTQ3ZbGd Categories (other): Aramaic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Aramaic entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 29 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 29 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: שאול

Verb [Hebrew]

IPA: /ʃaˈ(ʔ)al/ [Modern-Israeli] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-שאל.wav
Etymology: Cognate with Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala) and Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|שׁ־א־ל}}, {{glossary|Cognate}} Cognate, {{cog|ar|سَأَلَ}} Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala), {{cog|gez|ሰአለ}} Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä) Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|fut=יִשְׁאַל|pass=נִשְׁאַל|passp=שָׁאוּל|tr=sha'ál|wv=שָׁאַל}} שָׁאַל • (sha'ál) (pa'al construction, future יִשְׁאַל, passive participle שָׁאוּל, passive counterpart נִשְׁאַל) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|שׁאל}} Forms: שָׁאַל [canonical], sha'ál [romanization], יִשְׁאַל [future], שָׁאוּל [participle, passive], נִשְׁאַל [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], לשאול [error-unrecognized-form], לִשְׁאֹל [error-unrecognized-form], שְׁאִילָה [noun-from-verb], שָׁאוּל [participle, passive], שָׁאַלְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], שָׁאַלְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], שָׁאַלְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], שָׁאַלְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], שְׁאַלְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], שְׁאַלְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], שָׁאַל [masculine, past, singular, third-person], שָׁאֲלָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], שָׁאֲלוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], שׁוֹאֵל [masculine, present, singular], שׁוֹאֶלֶת [feminine, present, singular], שׁוֹאֲלִים [masculine, plural, present], שׁוֹאֲלוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֶשְׁאַל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נִשְׁאַל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תִּשְׁאַל [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּשְׁאֲלִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תִּשְׁאֲלוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּשְׁאַלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יִשְׁאַל [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תִּשְׁאַל [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִשְׁאֲלוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תִּשְׁאַלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], שְׁאַל [imperative, masculine, singular], שַׁאֲלִי [feminine, imperative, singular], שַׁאֲלוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], שְׁאַלְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural], אַל + Second person future tense [imperative, negative]
  1. to ask (a question), to query Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-שאל-he-verb-pkDJYAkk Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 29 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 29 25 25 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. to borrow (an item) Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-שאל-he-verb-G4UA9R~I Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־א־ל Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 29 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 29 25 25 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־א־ל: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: שָׁאַל אֶת עַצְמוֹ (sha'ál et atsmó), שְׁאַל בְּנִי וַנַּעַן (sh'al b'ni vaná'an), מִשְׁאָלָה (mish'alá) (english: wish) Related terms: שְׁאֵלָה, הִשְׁאִיל

Noun [Yiddish]

Forms: שאל [canonical, feminine], plural שאלן [canonical], diminutive שאליקל [canonical], shal [romanization], shaln [romanization], shalikl [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=shal}} שאל • (shal) f, {{yi-noun|dim=שאליקל|dimtr=shalikl|g=f|pl=n|pltr=shaln|tr=shal}} שאל • (shal) f, plural שאלן (shaln), diminutive שאליקל (shalikl)
  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שאַל (shal). Tags: nonstandard

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "lang_code": "aii",
      "roman": "šāˀēl",
      "word": "ܫܐܠ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Classical Syriac",
      "lang_code": "syc",
      "roman": "šəʾel",
      "word": "ܫܐܠ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ש-א-ל",
      "ש-א-ל"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From root ש-א-ל.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "שאל • (transliteration needed)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Aramaic",
  "lang_code": "arc",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "שאול"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 29 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 29 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask, to inquire"
      ],
      "id": "en-שאל-arc-verb-p~704eDX",
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "inquire",
          "inquire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 29 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 29 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lend, to borrow"
      ],
      "id": "en-שאל-arc-verb-ZTQ3ZbGd",
      "links": [
        [
          "lend",
          "lend"
        ],
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שאל"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sha'ál et atsmó",
      "word": "שָׁאַל אֶת עַצְמוֹ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sh'al b'ni vaná'an",
      "word": "שְׁאַל בְּנִי וַנַּעַן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wish",
      "roman": "mish'alá",
      "translation": "wish",
      "word": "מִשְׁאָלָה"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "سَأَلَ",
      "سأل#Arabic"
    ],
    [
      "ሰአለ",
      "ሰአለ#Ge'ez"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "שׁ־א־ל"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cognate"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognate",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "سَأَلَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ሰአለ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala) and Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sha'ál",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "יִשְׁאַל",
          "ישאל"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאוּל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאוּל",
          "שאול"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "נִשְׁאַל",
          "נשאל"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לשאול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִשְׁאֹל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאִילָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאִילָה",
          "שאילה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאוּל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאוּל",
          "שאול#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַלְתִּי",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַלְתִּי",
          "שאלתי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַלְנוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַלְנוּ",
          "שאלנו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַלְתָּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַלְתָּ",
          "שאלת#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַלְתְּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַלְתְּ",
          "שאלת#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאַלְתֶּם",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאַלְתֶּם",
          "שאלתם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאַלְתֶּן",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאַלְתֶּן",
          "שאלתן#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַל",
          "שאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאֲלָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאֲלָה",
          "שאלה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאֲלוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאֲלוּ",
          "שאלו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹאֵל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שׁוֹאֵל",
          "שואל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹאֶלֶת",
      "links": [
        [
          "שׁוֹאֶלֶת",
          "שואלת#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹאֲלִים",
      "links": [
        [
          "שׁוֹאֲלִים",
          "שואלים#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹאֲלוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "שׁוֹאֲלוֹת",
          "שואלות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "אֶשְׁאַל",
          "אשאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "נִשְׁאַל",
          "נשאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאַל",
          "תשאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאֲלִי",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאֲלִי",
          "תשאלי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאֲלוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאֲלוּ",
          "תשאלו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
          "תשאלנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "יִשְׁאַל",
          "ישאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאַל",
          "תשאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִשְׁאֲלוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "יִשְׁאֲלוּ",
          "ישאלו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
          "תשאלנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאַל",
          "שאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁאֲלִי",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁאֲלִי",
          "שאלי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁאֲלוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁאֲלוּ",
          "שאלו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאַלְנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאַלְנָה",
          "שאלנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "fut": "יִשְׁאַל",
        "pass": "נִשְׁאַל",
        "passp": "שָׁאוּל",
        "tr": "sha'ál",
        "wv": "שָׁאַל"
      },
      "expansion": "שָׁאַל • (sha'ál) (pa'al construction, future יִשְׁאַל, passive participle שָׁאוּל, passive counterpart נִשְׁאַל)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "שׁאל"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "שְׁאֵלָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "הִשְׁאִיל"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 29 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 29 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask (a question), to query"
      ],
      "id": "en-שאל-he-verb-pkDJYAkk",
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "query",
          "query"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 29 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 29 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־א־ל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to borrow (an item)"
      ],
      "id": "en-שאל-he-verb-G4UA9R~I",
      "links": [
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaˈ(ʔ)al/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-שאל.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שאל"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שאל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural שאלן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diminutive שאליקל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shal",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaln",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shalikl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "shal"
      },
      "expansion": "שאל • (shal) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "שאליקל",
        "dimtr": "shalikl",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "n",
        "pltr": "shaln",
        "tr": "shal"
      },
      "expansion": "שאל • (shal) f, plural שאלן (shaln), diminutive שאליקל (shalikl)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unpointed form of שאַל (shal)."
      ],
      "id": "en-שאל-yi-noun-yW973yOI",
      "links": [
        [
          "Unpointed",
          "nikud"
        ],
        [
          "שאַל",
          "שאַל#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nonstandard) Unpointed form of שאַל (shal)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שאל"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Aramaic lemmas",
    "Aramaic verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for transliteration of Aramaic terms"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "lang_code": "aii",
      "roman": "šāˀēl",
      "word": "ܫܐܠ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Classical Syriac",
      "lang_code": "syc",
      "roman": "šəʾel",
      "word": "ܫܐܠ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ש-א-ל",
      "ש-א-ל"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From root ש-א-ל.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "שאל • (transliteration needed)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Aramaic",
  "lang_code": "arc",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "שאול"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ask, to inquire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "inquire",
          "inquire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to lend, to borrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lend",
          "lend"
        ],
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שאל"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew pa'al verbs",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־א־ל",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sha'ál et atsmó",
      "word": "שָׁאַל אֶת עַצְמוֹ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sh'al b'ni vaná'an",
      "word": "שְׁאַל בְּנִי וַנַּעַן"
    },
    {
      "english": "wish",
      "roman": "mish'alá",
      "translation": "wish",
      "word": "מִשְׁאָלָה"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "سَأَلَ",
      "سأل#Arabic"
    ],
    [
      "ሰአለ",
      "ሰአለ#Ge'ez"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "שׁ־א־ל"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cognate"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognate",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "سَأَلَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ሰአለ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala) and Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sha'ál",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "יִשְׁאַל",
          "ישאל"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאוּל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאוּל",
          "שאול"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "נִשְׁאַל",
          "נשאל"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לשאול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִשְׁאֹל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאִילָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאִילָה",
          "שאילה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאוּל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאוּל",
          "שאול#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַלְתִּי",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַלְתִּי",
          "שאלתי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַלְנוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַלְנוּ",
          "שאלנו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַלְתָּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַלְתָּ",
          "שאלת#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַלְתְּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַלְתְּ",
          "שאלת#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאַלְתֶּם",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאַלְתֶּם",
          "שאלתם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאַלְתֶּן",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאַלְתֶּן",
          "שאלתן#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאַל",
          "שאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאֲלָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאֲלָה",
          "שאלה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁאֲלוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שָׁאֲלוּ",
          "שאלו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹאֵל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שׁוֹאֵל",
          "שואל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹאֶלֶת",
      "links": [
        [
          "שׁוֹאֶלֶת",
          "שואלת#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹאֲלִים",
      "links": [
        [
          "שׁוֹאֲלִים",
          "שואלים#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹאֲלוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "שׁוֹאֲלוֹת",
          "שואלות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "אֶשְׁאַל",
          "אשאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "נִשְׁאַל",
          "נשאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאַל",
          "תשאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאֲלִי",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאֲלִי",
          "תשאלי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאֲלוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאֲלוּ",
          "תשאלו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
          "תשאלנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "יִשְׁאַל",
          "ישאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאַל",
          "תשאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִשְׁאֲלוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "יִשְׁאֲלוּ",
          "ישאלו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
          "תשאלנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאַל",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאַל",
          "שאל#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁאֲלִי",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁאֲלִי",
          "שאלי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁאֲלוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁאֲלוּ",
          "שאלו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁאַלְנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "שְׁאַלְנָה",
          "שאלנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "fut": "יִשְׁאַל",
        "pass": "נִשְׁאַל",
        "passp": "שָׁאוּל",
        "tr": "sha'ál",
        "wv": "שָׁאַל"
      },
      "expansion": "שָׁאַל • (sha'ál) (pa'al construction, future יִשְׁאַל, passive participle שָׁאוּל, passive counterpart נִשְׁאַל)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "שׁאל"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "שְׁאֵלָה"
    },
    {
      "word": "הִשְׁאִיל"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ask (a question), to query"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "query",
          "query"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to borrow (an item)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaˈ(ʔ)al/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-שאל.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "שאל"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שאל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural שאלן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diminutive שאליקל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shal",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaln",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shalikl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "shal"
      },
      "expansion": "שאל • (shal) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "שאליקל",
        "dimtr": "shalikl",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "n",
        "pltr": "shaln",
        "tr": "shal"
      },
      "expansion": "שאל • (shal) f, plural שאלן (shaln), diminutive שאליקל (shalikl)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish feminine nouns",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Yiddish unpointed forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unpointed form of שאַל (shal)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unpointed",
          "nikud"
        ],
        [
          "שאַל",
          "שאַל#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nonstandard) Unpointed form of שאַל (shal)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שאל"
}

Download raw JSONL data for שאל meaning in All languages combined (10.0kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
  "path": [
    "שאל"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "שאל",
  "trace": ""
}

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