سبيل

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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 שְׁבִילׇא (šəḇīlā), Hebrew שְׁבִיל (šəḇī́l).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَبِيل (sabīlm or f (plural سُبُل (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
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:42:
      إِنَّمَا السَّبِيلُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ النَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
      ʔinnamā as-sabīlu ʕalā llaḏīna yaẓlimūna n-nāsa wayabḡūna fī l-ʔarḍi biḡayri l-ḥaqqi ʔulāʔika lahum ʕaḏābun ʔalīmun
      The blame is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Punjabi: ਛਬੀਲ f (chabīl)

References

  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 162
  • Schwally, Friedrich (1899) “Lexikalische Studien. (Fortsetzung.)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 53, page 197
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سبيل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen