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Noun
رِسَالَة • (risāla) f (plural رِسَالَات (risālāt) or رَسَائِل (rasāʔil))
- message
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:62:أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّي وَأَنْصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ- ʔuballiḡukum risālāti rabbī waʔanṣaḥu lakum waʔaʕlamu mina llāhi mā lā taʕlamūna
- I communicate the messages of my Lord to you and I am your well-wisher, and I know from God what you do not know.
- letter (message)
Declension
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Declension of noun رِسَالَة (risāla)
singular |
singular triptote in ـَة (-a) |
indefinite |
definite |
construct |
informal |
رِسَالَة risāla |
الرِّسَالَة ar-risāla |
رِسَالَة risālat |
nominative |
رِسَالَةٌ risālatun |
الرِّسَالَةُ ar-risālatu |
رِسَالَةُ risālatu |
accusative |
رِسَالَةً risālatan |
الرِّسَالَةَ ar-risālata |
رِسَالَةَ risālata |
genitive |
رِسَالَةٍ risālatin |
الرِّسَالَةِ ar-risālati |
رِسَالَةِ risālati |
dual |
indefinite |
definite |
construct |
informal |
رِسَالَتَيْن risālatayn |
الرِّسَالَتَيْن ar-risālatayn |
رِسَالَتَيْ risālatay |
nominative |
رِسَالَتَانِ risālatāni |
الرِّسَالَتَانِ ar-risālatāni |
رِسَالَتَا risālatā |
accusative |
رِسَالَتَيْنِ risālatayni |
الرِّسَالَتَيْنِ ar-risālatayni |
رِسَالَتَيْ risālatay |
genitive |
رِسَالَتَيْنِ risālatayni |
الرِّسَالَتَيْنِ ar-risālatayni |
رِسَالَتَيْ risālatay |
plural |
sound feminine plural; basic broken plural diptote |
indefinite |
definite |
construct |
informal |
رِسَالَات; رَسَائِل risālāt; rasāʔil |
الرِّسَالَات; الرَّسَائِل ar-risālāt; ar-rasāʔil |
رِسَالَات; رَسَائِل risālāt; rasāʔil |
nominative |
رِسَالَاتٌ; رَسَائِلُ risālātun; rasāʔilu |
الرِّسَالَاتُ; الرَّسَائِلُ ar-risālātu; ar-rasāʔilu |
رِسَالَاتُ; رَسَائِلُ risālātu; rasāʔilu |
accusative |
رِسَالَاتٍ; رَسَائِلَ risālātin; rasāʔila |
الرِّسَالَاتِ; الرَّسَائِلَ ar-risālāti; ar-rasāʔila |
رِسَالَاتِ; رَسَائِلَ risālāti; rasāʔila |
genitive |
رِسَالَاتٍ; رَسَائِلَ risālātin; rasāʔila |
الرِّسَالَاتِ; الرَّسَائِلِ ar-risālāti; ar-rasāʔili |
رِسَالَاتِ; رَسَائِلِ risālāti; rasāʔili |
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Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: رسالة (risāla)
- Hijazi Arabic: رسالة (risāla)
- → Afar: risaalat
- → Crimean Tatar: risale
- → Persian: رساله
- → Malay: risalah
- → Somali: risaalad
- → Swahili: risala
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رسالة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 413
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “رسالة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 391–392