‫سبيل‬

See also: ‫سبیل‬

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ‫س ب ل‬‎(s-b-l). Given the frequent religious usage of the word, there is some
semantic interference of the Classical Syriac ‫ܫܒܝܠܐ‬‎(šəbīlā). Cognate to Aramaic ‫ְׁש ִב יׇלא‬‎
(šəḇīlā), Hebrew ‫ְׁש ִב יל‬‎(šəḇī́l).

Pronunciation
Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

‫( • َس ِب يل‬sabīl) m or f (plural ‫ُس ُب ل‬‎(subul))

1. way, path, road

2. manner, method

3. ways and means

4. kinship

5. necessary connection

6. distribution of water
 7. public fountain

8. blame
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Declension

Declension of noun ‫( َس ِب يل‬sabīl) show ▼

Derived terms

‫ِا ْبن الَّس ِب يل‬‎(ibn as-sabīl, “wanderer”)

References

Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79),
Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 162 (https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.217779/201
5.217779.The-Foreign#page/n180)

Schwally, Friedrich (1899), “Lexikalische Studien. (Fortsetzung.)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen

Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎[1] (https://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/dmg/periodical/titleinfo/63115) (in
German), volume 53, page 197 (https://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/dmg/periodical/pagev
iew/44587)

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “‫( سبيل‬https://archive.org/stream/cu31924026873194#pag

e/n19/mode/2up) ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎[2] (https://archive.org/details/cu31924
026873194) , London: W.H. Allen

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