# قال
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.la/
* Audio:(file)
** (Egypt) IPA: /ʔaːl/
** (Iraq) IPA: /ɡaːl/
** (Morocco) IPA: /qaːl/

#### Verb

قَالَ • (qāla) I (non-past يَقُولُ (yaqūlu), verbal noun قَوْل (qawl) or مَقَال (maqāl) or مَقَالَة (maqāla))
* to say
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:131:إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ أَسْلِمْ ۖ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَʔiḏ qāla lahu rabbuhu ʔaslim qāla ʔaslamtu lirabbi l-ʕālamīna(please add an English translation of this quotation)
    his Lord said to him: "Bow (thy will to Me):" He said: "I bow (my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the Universe."
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:35:وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ(please add an English translation of this quotation)
    And when Abraham said, “My Lord, make this land safe, and spare me and my children from worshiping idols.”
** 1955, “(Please provide the song title)”, Mahmoud El-Sherif (lyrics), Abdalla Shams El-Din (music)‎$^{[[[w:AllahuAkbar(anthem)|AllahuAkbar]]]}$:قولوا معي قولوا معي الله الله الله أكبرSay with me! Say with me! God, God, God is great!
* to call (by name)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:154:وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتٌ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَشْعُرُونَwalā taqūlū liman yuqtalu fī sabīli l-lahi ʔamwātunbal ʔaḥyāʔun walākin lā tašʕurūna(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:60:قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُqālū samiʕnā fatan yaḏkuruhum yuqālu lahu ʔibrāhīmu(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to tell
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:30:قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْqul lilmuʔminīna yaḡuḍḍū min ʔabṣārihimTell the believing men to lower their gaze,...
* to advocate, to propound, to root, to stand up for, to support [with بِ (bi)]
** 1913, “النباتات الأهلية وفوائدها الطبية”, in المقتطف, volume 44, number 6 (حزيران), Cairo: Al-Muktataf Printing Office, حديث عن اللبن الرائب, page 593:ويقول الأوروبيون بنوع خصوصي على الكفير وهو كذلك لبن شرقي يحضر في القوقاس بتخمير حليب البقر بخميرة خصوصية تباع في الصيدلات في أوروبا ومصر كتلا جامدة مرنة جلاتينية بيضاء مصفرة مستديرة أو مخروطية بحجم الحمصة. […]The Europeans advocate for a particular kind [of yoghurt] in consideration of kefir and it is likewise an Eastern milk afforded in the Caucasus by acidifying cow’s milk with particular yeast, sold in pharmacies in Europe and Egypt in congealed heaps, elastic, gelatineous, round or conic like a chickpea.

##### Related terms

* قَوْل (qawl)
* قِيل (qīl)
* قَوَّال (qawwāl)

#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “قول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.la/

#### Verb

قَالَ • (qāla) I (non-past يَقِيلُ (yaqīlu), verbal noun قَيْل (qayl) or قَيْلُولَة (qaylūla))
* To nap.
* To do something at noon.
* To cancel a contract or a promise.

##### Conjugation
## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaːl/, [ˈʔæːl]
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### Verb

قال • (ʔāl) I (non-past يقول (yiʔūl))
* to say

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaːl/

### Verb

قال • (gāl) I (non-past يِقُول (yigūl))
* to say

#### Conjugation
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaːl/

### Verb

قال • (qāl) I (non-past يقول (yqūl))
* to say

#### Conjugation
## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔaːl/, [ʔæːl]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡaːl/, [ɡæːl]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

قال • (ʔāl) I (present بقول (biʔūl))
* (transitive) to say
    Synonym: حكى (ḥaka)
    شو بتقول إمّك؟ ― šū bitʔūl ʔimmak? ― What does your mother say?
* (ditransitive, by extension) to tell
    قلتلّه بدّيش اروح. ― ʔoltillo biddīš arūḥ ― I told him I don't want to go.

#### Usage notes

* When the conjugation ends in a consonant cluster, the indirect-object marker ـلـ (-l-) is geminated, causing the stress to shift; additionally, the long vowel is reduced to a short vowel. However, this effect takes place as well simply when the indirect-object marker is attached immediately after the final ل of the term.
    شو عم بتقول؟ ― šū ʕam bitʔūl? ― What are you saying?
    شو عم بتقلّي؟ ― šū ʕam bitʔolli? ― What are you saying to me?
    شو قلتلّي؟ ― šū ʔoltilli? ― What did you say to me?

#### Conjugation
## Tunisian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaːl/

### Verb

قال (qāl) I (non-past يقول (yqūl))
* to say
* to tell