قائل

See also: قايل

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.ʔil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Etymology 1

Root
ق و ل (q-w-l)

Derived from the active participle of قَالَ (qāla, to say).

Root
ق و ل (q-w-l)

Adjective

قَائِل • (qāʔil)

  1. active participle of قَالَ (qāla, to say) sayer, one who said something
Declension
Descendants
  • Hijazi Arabic: قايل (gāyil)
  • Azerbaijani: qail, qayil
  • Middle Armenian: ղայիլ (ġayil)
    • Armenian: ղայիլ (ġayil), խայիլ (xayil), կայիլ (kayil)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قائل (kail, kayil)
  • Persian: قائل (qâ'el)

Etymology 2

Root
ق ي ل (q-y-l)

Derived from the active participle of قَالَ (qāla, to nap).

Root
ق ي ل (q-y-l)

Adjective

قَائِل • (qāʔil)

  1. active participle of قَالَ (qāla, to nap) napper
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:4:
      وَكَمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا فَجَاءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَائِلُونَ
      wakam min qaryatin ʔahlaknāhā fajāʔahā baʔsunā bayātan ʔaw hum qāʔilūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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