See שאל on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From root ש-א-ל.",
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},
"expansion": "שאל • (transliteration needed)",
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"lang_code": "arc",
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}
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"to ask, to inquire"
],
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"to lend, to borrow"
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"lend",
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],
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"borrow",
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}
],
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}
{
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"_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",
"word": "מִשְׁאָלָה"
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"etymology_text": "Cognate with Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala) and Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).",
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"form": "שָׁאַל",
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]
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"form": "sha'ál",
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},
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"form": "יִשְׁאַל",
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"future"
]
},
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"form": "שָׁאוּל",
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]
},
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"form": "נִשְׁאַל",
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]
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
},
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"form": "he-conj",
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},
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"form": "לשאול",
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]
},
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"form": "לִשְׁאֹל",
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},
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"form": "שְׁאִילָה",
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},
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"form": "שָׁאוּל",
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]
},
{
"form": "שָׁאַלְתִּי",
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"past",
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]
},
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"form": "שָׁאַלְנוּ",
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"plural"
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},
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"form": "שָׁאַלְתָּ",
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},
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"form": "שָׁאַלְתְּ",
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},
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"form": "שְׁאַלְתֶּם",
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"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "שְׁאַלְתֶּן",
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"past",
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"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "שָׁאַל",
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"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "שָׁאֲלָה",
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"past",
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"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "שָׁאֲלוּ",
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"masculine",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "שׁוֹאֵל",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "שׁוֹאֶלֶת",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "שׁוֹאֲלִים",
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"masculine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "שׁוֹאֲלוֹת",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "אֶשְׁאַל",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "נִשְׁאַל",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "תִּשְׁאַל",
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"future",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "תִּשְׁאֲלִי",
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"future",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "תִּשְׁאֲלוּ",
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]
},
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"form": "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
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]
},
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"form": "יִשְׁאַל",
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"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "תִּשְׁאַל",
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"masculine",
"plural",
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]
},
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"form": "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
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"feminine",
"future",
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"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "שְׁאַל",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "שַׁאֲלִי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "שַׁאֲלוּ",
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"imperative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "שְׁאַלְנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"imperative",
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]
}
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"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"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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"to ask (a question), to query"
],
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"ask",
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"to borrow (an item)"
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"ipa": "/ʃaˈ(ʔ)al/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
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"form": "shal",
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"form": "shaln",
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"form": "shalikl",
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"(nonstandard) Unpointed form of שאַל (shal)."
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"to ask, to inquire"
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"roman": "sha'ál et atsmó",
"word": "שָׁאַל אֶת עַצְמוֹ"
},
{
"roman": "sh'al b'ni vaná'an",
"word": "שְׁאַל בְּנִי וַנַּעַן"
},
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"form": "שָׁאוּל",
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"form": "שָׁאַלְתִּי",
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"past",
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"form": "שָׁאַלְנוּ",
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"form": "שָׁאַלְתָּ",
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},
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"form": "שָׁאַלְתְּ",
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"past",
"second-person",
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},
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"form": "שְׁאַלְתֶּם",
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"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "שְׁאַלְתֶּן",
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"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "שָׁאַל",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "שָׁאֲלָה",
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"feminine",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "שָׁאֲלוּ",
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"masculine",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "שׁוֹאֵל",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "שׁוֹאֶלֶת",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "שׁוֹאֲלִים",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "שׁוֹאֲלוֹת",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "אֶשְׁאַל",
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"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "נִשְׁאַל",
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"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּשְׁאֲלִי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּשְׁאֲלוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "יִשְׁאַל",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּשְׁאַל",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "יִשְׁאֲלוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּשְׁאַלְנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "שְׁאַל",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "שַׁאֲלִי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "שַׁאֲלוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "שְׁאַלְנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"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-Hebrew"
]
},
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"audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-שאל.wav",
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}
],
"word": "שאל"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"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 script codes",
"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"
}
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
"path": [
"שאל"
],
"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "שאל",
"trace": ""
}
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