رسالة

See also: رسالہ

Arabic
Root
ر س ل (r-s-l)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ri.saː.la/
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Noun

رِسَالَة • (risāla) f (plural رِسَالَات (risālāt) or رَسَائِل (rasāʔil))

  1. 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.
  2. letter (message)

Declension
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

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

Hijazi Arabic
Root
ر س ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic رِسَالَة (risāla).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ri.ˈsaː.la/

Noun

رِسالة • (risāla) f (plural رَسايِل (rasāyil))

  1. message
  2. letter
  3. SMS
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