Arabic word sheet
قَوْلٌ
A saying, something said
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ق و ل
Meaning and usage
A saying, something said
What someone says: a word, a sentence, a statement. Said of anything uttered, whether complete or not.
سَمِعَ الطُّلَّابُ قَوْلَ الْمُعَلِّمَةِ وَكَتَبُوهُ.
The students heard what the teacher said and wrote it down.
Speech, diction
The act of speaking and the way one expresses oneself.
قَوْلُ سَلْمَى وَاضِحٌ وَهَادِئٌ.
Salma’s speech is clear and calm.
View, opinion
By extension, what someone thinks and maintains on a question, because an opinion is only known once it is voiced.
لِرَامِي قَوْلٌ آخَرُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ.
Rami has another view on this question.
Plural
أَقْوَالٌ
Word family
What the root means ق و ل
The root carries the idea of uttering with the tongue. From it come “to say”, “speaker”, “speech”, “article”, “talkative” and “to put words in someone’s mouth”.
to say
one who says, speaker
قَائِلٌ
statement, speech
مَقَالٌ
statement; article
مَقَالَةٌ
talkative
قَوَّالٌ
to make up words falsely
تَقَوَّلَ
Synonyms
speech, talk
كَلَامٌ
It means complete sentences that stand on their own, whereas the headword applies to anything uttered, even a single word.
uttered word, wording
لَفْظٌ
It points to the sound and form of what is uttered, regardless of its content.
Opposites
deed, action
فِعْلٌ