How to say "responsibility" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningresponsibility
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَسْؤُولِيَّة
masʾūliyyaמסאוליה
مسؤولية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אחריות
akhrayutأَخْرَايُوت
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
س-أ-لHebrew root
ש-א-לSame root as سؤال, "question" (see nearby): س-أ-ل is "to ask" in both Hebrew ש-א-ל and Arabic. مسؤول masʾūl, "responsible, an official," is literally "one who can be asked [to account]" — and مسؤولية masʾūliyya is the state of being answerable. Hebrew's own everyday word for responsibility, אחריות, comes from a different root (אחר, "after, behind") — the one left holding it.
Related Hebrew word:שאלהshe'elaشِئِلَا
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In a phrase
هَذِهِ مَسْؤُولِيَّتِي
hādhihi masʾūliyyatīהד'ה מסאוליתיThis is my responsibility.
Plural
مَسْؤُولِيَّات
masʾūliyyātמסאוליאתsound feminine plural -āt