سبل

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Form 2سبّلهُ3 senses · 2 main

maṣdarتَسْبِيلٌ

Core sense — he dedicated it to the cause of God, to pious usesgenerated

2.1he assigned it, or its profit or revenue, to be spent in the cause of God—جَعَلَهُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ

The maṣdar is تَسْبِيلٌ.

he assigned the revenue of his estate to be spent in the cause of God, or of religion—سبّل ضَيْعَتَهُ

That is, in the doing of anything, or all, that God has commanded, or of the works by which one pursues advancement in God's favour; he dedicated it to pious or charitable uses. As though he made it a trodden way to God's favour.

To be given to the wayfarer, the poor, the warrior against unbelievers, and others. So under سَبِيلٌ.

he assigned the profit to be spent on good works and pious deeds—سبّل التَّمَرَةَ

Or he made the profit free to those for whose benefit the property itself was made permanently unalienable. [See an example in the first paragraph of art. حبس, about some palm-trees which 'Omar wished to give in charity.]

2.2he (a man) became long in the سَبَلَة [q. v.]—سبّل

Either سَبَّلَ or سُبِّلَ, both apparently allowable (see the participial forms below).

As though he had a long سَبَلَة given to him.

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Derived nouns 17

Nounسَبَلٌ11 senses · 6 main

Core sense — a thing let hang down and dragging; rain; ears of corngenerated

1he who drags in pride what he has let hang down of his garment, God will not look towards him on the day of resurrection—مَنْ جَرَّ سَبَلَهُ مِنَ الخُيَلَآءِ لَا يَنْظُرُ ٱللّٰهُ يَوْمَ القِيٰمَةِ

A thing that one has let loose, let down, or let hang down so that it drags on the ground, just as نَشَرٌ means a thing that one has spread out. Hence the tradition:

garments made to hang down so as to drag—سَبَلٌ

Plural of سَبَلَةٌ, or rather a collective noun of which سَبَلَةٌ is the ism waḥda.

he dragged his garment—جَرَّ سَبَلَتَهُ

Though it is said to mean his garments.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Also rain; or rain issuing from the clouds and not yet reaching the earth; or flowing rain; and likewise flowing blood.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe name of a certain mare, an excellent mare—سَبَلُ

Apparently from the sense of swiftness. As said she was the mother of أَعْوَجُ and belonged to the tribe of Ghanee.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferreda name for a ewe, or she-goat—سَبَلٌ

Or سَبَلُ, as a feminine proper name.

Such an animal is called to be milked by saying سَبَلْ سَبَلْ. Ibn-'Abbād.

2the ears of corn—سُنْبُلٌ

So in the MA; both are explained in the same way in the KL, but as singulars, apparently because they are used as collective nouns.

The ism waḥda of each is formed with ة.

The plural of سُنْبُلٌ, which is of the measure فُنْعُلٌ, is سَنَابِلُ; or this is the plural of سُنْبُلَةٌ, as also سُنْبُلَاتٌ (Qur 12:43 and 46).

an ear of corn that is bending, or inclining—سُنْبُلَةٌ

In the CK wrongly written سُبْلَة.

This renders زَرْعَةٌ.

Also سَبُولَةٌ, given as meaning the same as سُنْبُلَةٌ in one of my two copies of the S but not in the other, and سُبُولَةٌ and سَبَلَةٌ.

an ear of millet, of rice, and the like, when bending or inclining—سَبُولَةٌ

the spreading awn of the سُنْبُل [or ears of corn], or its extremities—سَبَلٌ

According to Lth.

The plural is سُبُولٌ.

the same as سُنْبُلٌ—سبول

In the dialect of بنو هميان [?].

the name of a certain sign of the Zodiac, Virgo—السُّنْبُلَةُ

So in the S here, and in the K in art. سنبل.

Or Spica Virginis, a star in Virgo, so called by astrologers; also called السِّمَاكُ الأَعْزَلُ. [See art. سمك.]

a well-known plant, spikenard, brought from India—سُنْبُلُ الطِّيبِ

Called in the present day السُّنْبُلُ الهِنْدِىُّ. [See also art. سنبل.]

Qur’ān 12:43 approximate — somewhere between 12:42 and 12:61 Lane cites “Kur xii. 43”

2.1figurative · مجازthe uppermost parts of a bucket, or its lips—أَسْبَالٌ

He means: they sent me seeking to carry out their blood-revenges, and I killed many; العَلَق here means blood.

[See also Ḥam p. 268, where some different readings are mentioned; and it is said that the اسبال may mean the knots that are connected with the cross-pieces of wood of the bucket.]

This word is the singular of it; or سَبَلَةٌ is the singular of أَسْبَالٌ in these senses, and means the head of a vessel [as it also means the ear, which is the head, of a culm of wheat].

he filled it to its edges, and to its lips—مَلَأَهَا إِلَى أَسْبَالِهَا

That is, the winecup, الكَأْسَ, or the bucket, الدَّلْوَ.

Bāʿith Ibn-Sureym El-Yeshkuree says: [When they sent me drawing water with their buckets, and I filled them with blood to their brims]

shāhid

إِذْ أَرْسَلُونِى مَاتِحًا بِدِلَائِهِمْفَمَلَأْتُهُا عَلَقًا إِلَى أَسْبَالِهَا

2.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

And a number of spears, few or many. Perhaps because their heads are likened to the ears of corn.

3figurative · مجاز — inferredmay God make his nose cleave to the earth, or dust; may God abase him—أَرْغَمَ ٱللّٰهُ سَبَلَهُ

Also the nose; plural سِبَالٌ. So in the Moḥeeṭ.

One says:

And garments made of the hards of flax of the coarsest quality; and so سَبَلَةٌ, if one of these two words is not a miscopying of the other.

And a certain disease in the eye, resembling a film, as though it were a spider's web, with red veins. [This is how رِيحُ السَّبَلِ is explained in the M.]

Or a film of the eye, from the swelling of its outer veins upon the surface of the مُلْتَحِمَة, which is one of the layers of the eye, [namely the tunica albuginea, or white of the eye, so called at the present day,] with the appearance of something woven between the two, like smoke.

Or a film covering the eye; as though from إِسْبَالْ, meaning the letting down of a veil, or curtain.

6between me and him is a reviling, or vilifying—بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَهُ سَبَلٌ

Also a reviling, or vilifying. So in the Moḥeeṭ.

Show Lane's original text

A thing that one has let loose, let down, let fall, or made to hang down, and to drag [on the ground]; like as نَشَرٌ signifies “ a thing that one has spread ” &c.: whence the trad., مَنْ جَرَّ سَبَلَهُ مِنَ الخُيَلَآءِ لَا يَنْظُرُ ٱللّٰهُ يَوْمَ القِيٰمَةِ [He who drags what he has made to hang down of his garment from pride, or self-conceit, God will not look towards him on the day of resurrection]: (O:) or سَبَلٌ means garments made to hang down [so as to drag]; and is pl. of سَبَلَةٌ ; [or rather a coll. gen. n. of which سَبَلَةٌ is the n. un.;] whence جَرَّ سَبَلَتَهُ , (TA,) which means [He dragged his garment; though said to mean,] his garments. (K, TA.) Also Rain: (S, M, K:) or rain issuing from the clouds and not as yet having reached the earth: (AZ, S, TA:) or flowing rain: and likewise flowing blood. (Ham p. 359.) [Hence, app., as indicating swiftness,] سَبَلُ is the name of A certain mare, (S, K,) an excellent mare, said by As to have been the mother of أَعْوَجُ , and to have belonged to [the tribe of] Ghanee. (S, TA.) And سَبَلٌ [or سَبَلُ as a fem. proper name] is a name for A ewe, or she-goat: and such is called to be milked by saying سَبَلْ سَبَلْ . (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.) Also i. q. سُنْبُلٌ , (S, M, Msb, K,) which signifies The ears of corn: (MA: [and in like manner both are expl. in the KL, but as singulars, app. because used as gen. ns.:]) n. un. of the former with ة , and so of the latter: and the pl. of سُنْبُلٌ , which is of the measure فُنْعُلٌ , is سَنَابِلُ : (Msb:) or this is pl. of سُنْبُلَةٌ , (S,) as also سُنْبُلَاتٌ : (Kur xii. 43 and 46:) or سُنْبُلَةٌ [in the CK (erroneously) سُبْلَة ] signifies an ear of corn [so I render زَرْعَةٌ (in the CK زُرْعَة )] that is bending, or inclining, as also سَبُولَةٌ [mentioned in one of my two copies of the S as syn. with سُنْبُلَةٌ but not in the other copy] and سُبُولَةٌ (M, K) and سَبَلَةٌ ; (K;) or, accord. to Lth, سَبُولَةٌ signifies an ear ( سُنْبُلَة ) of millet ( ذُرَة ), and of rice, and the like, when bending, or inclining: (O, TA:) and some say that سَبَلٌ signifies spreading, or expanding, awn of the سُنْبُل [or ears of corn]; (M, TA;) or the extremities thereof; (TA;) and the pl. is سُبُولٌ ; (M;) or سبول is syn. with سُنْبُلٌ , in the dial. of بنو هميان [?]. (TA.) السُّنْبُلَةُ is also the name of A certain sign of the Zodiac [i. e. Virgo]: (S in the present art., and K in art. سنبل :) [or Spica Virginis;] a star in Virgo; thus called by astrologers; also called السِّمَاكُ الأَعْزَلُ . (Kzw. [See art. سمك .]) سُنْبُلُ الطِّيبِ is A well-known plant, [spikenard, which is called in the present day السُّنْبُلُ الهِنْدِىُّ ,] brought from India. (O. [See also art. سنبل .]) Also sing. of أَسْبَالٌ , which signifies The uppermost parts of a bucket, (O,) or the lips thereof: (S:) or سَبَلَةٌ is the sing. of أَسْبَالٌ in these senses; and signifies the head of a vessel [like as it signifies the “ ear, ” which is the “ head, ” of a culm of wheat &c.]. (TA.) You say, مَلَأَهَا إِلَى أَسْبَالِهَا He filled it (i. e. the winecup, الكَأْسَ , M, TA, or the bucket, الدَّلْوَ , O) to its edges, (M, K, TA,) and to its lips. (K.) And a poet says, (S,) namely Bá'ith Ibn- Sureym El-Yeshkuree, (TA,) 1 [When they sent me drawing with their buckets, and I filled them with blood to their brims]: he says, they sent me seeking to execute their blood-revenges, and I slew many: العَلَق meaning “ blood. ” (S, TA. [See also Ham p. 268, where some different readings are mentioned; and it is said that the اسبال may mean the knots that are connected with the cross-pieces of wood of the bucket.]) إِذْ أَرْسَلُونِى مَاتِحًا بِدِلَائِهِمْ | فَمَلَأْتُهُا عَلَقًا إِلَى أَسْبَالِهَا And A number of spears, few or many. (K. [Perhaps because their heads are likened to the heads of corn.]) Also The nose: (K:) pl. سِبَالٌ : so in the Moheet. (TA.) One says, أَرْغَمَ ٱللّٰهُ سَبَلَهُ [May God make his nose to cleave to the earth, or dust: or abase, or humble, him]. (TA.) And Garments made of the hards, or hurds, of flax of the coarsest of qualities: and so سَبَلَةٌ [if one of these words be not a mistranscription for the other]. (TA.) And A certain disease in the eye, [thus رِيحُ السَّبَلِ is expl. in the M,] resembling a film, as though it were the web of a spider, with red veins: (S:) or a film of the eye, from the swelling, or inflation, of its external veins upon the surface of the مُلْتَحِمَة , (K,) which is one of the layers of the eye, (TA,) [namely, the tunica albuginea, or white of the eye, so called in the present day,] and the appearance of a web, or thing woven, between the two, [i. e. between those veins and the white tunic,] like smoke: (K:) or a film covering the eye; as though from إِسْبَالْ meaning the “ letting down ” of a veil, or curtain. (Mgh.) Also A reviling, or vilifying. (K.) One says, بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَهُ سَبَلٌ Between me and him is a reviling, or vilifying: so in the Moheet. (TA.)

Nounسَبِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — long and slackgenerated

1a scrotum that is long and slack—خُصْيَةٌ سَبِلَةٌ

Apparently an adjective of possession, meaning having length and slackness.

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[is app. a possessive epithet, meaning Having length and flaccidity]. خُصْيَةٌ سَبِلَةٌ means [A scrotum] that is long (M, K, TA) and flaccid. (TA.)

Nounسُبْلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a rain of wide extentgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A rain of wide extent.

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A rain of wide extent. (IAar, O, K.)

Nounسَبَلَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the mustache; the front part of the beard; a camel's stabbing-place in the breastgenerated

See سَبَلٌ, in five places.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredyour hair of the mustache has grown long, so clip it—طَالَتْ سَبَلَتُكَ فَقُصَّهَا

Also the شَارِب [or mustache]; or the دَائِرَة [the small protuberance called حِثْرِمَة] in the middle of the upper lip; or the hair that is upon, apparently meaning the hair of, the شَارِب. Hence the saying:

This usage is figurative.

Or the end of that hair; or the two mustaches together; or what is upon the chin, to the end of the beard; or the front part of the beard; or what hangs down from the front part of the beard. Zj, in his Khalq el-Insān.

Az: with the Arabs it means the front part of the beard, and what hangs down from it upon the breast. IDrd: some apply it to the end of the beard, and some to the hair of the mustache that hangs down on the beard.

In a tradition it is said that he [Moḥammad] was full in the سَبَلَة; Az says that this means the hairs beneath the lower jaw.

AZ: it is what appears of the front part of the beard, apart from the hair of the side of each cheek and the عُثْنُون [here apparently the portion of the beard next the front of the throat], and what is hidden. Th: the beard altogether.

he certainly has a mustache—إِنَّهُ لَذُو سَبَلَاتٍ

The plural is سِبَالٌ, to which ة is sometimes added, as is commonly allowed, and سَبَلَاتٌ, which occurs in the following saying, mentioned by Lh, where the term سَبَلَة is made to apply to every separate portion, so that the meaning is: he has a سَبَلَة.

they are red, or reddish, in respect of the mustaches—هُمْ صُهْبُ السِّبَالِ

Said of enemies. [See art. صهب.]

such a one came with his mustache spread out—جَآءَ فُلَانٌ وَ قَدْ نَشَرَ سَبَلَتَهُ

Said of a man who has come threatening.

having upon him small hairs like the whiskers of the cat—عَلَيْهِ شُعَيْرَاتٌ مِثْلُ سِبَالَةِ السِّنَّوْرِ

In a tradition about Dhu-th-Thudeiyeh [see art. ثدى].

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe part of the camel in which he is stabbed, in the uppermost part of the breast—سَبَلَةُ البَعِيرِ

Also called the تَرِيبَة; or the fur that flows down upon that part of the camel. [In the CK, مَنْخَرِه is wrongly put for مَنْحَرِهِ.]

he stabbed the she-camel in that part—لَتَبَ فِى سَبَلَةِ النَّاقَةِ

So in the M, in art. لتب. [In the K, in the present article, كَتَبَ is wrongly put in this phrase in the place of لَتَبَ.]

he stabbed the she-camel in that part—لَتَمَ فِى سَبَلَةِ بَعِيرِهِ

Az heard an Arab of the desert say this, and it means the same as لَتَبَ; he supposes the سَبَلَة to be hairs in the part mentioned above.

a camel good in respect of the thinness of his skin—بَعِيرٌ حَسَنُ السَّبَلَةِ

That is, جِلْدِهِ, so in the O and K; but according to the T it is of his cheek, and this is probably the right explanation.

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: see سَبَلٌ , in five places. Also The شَارِب [or mustache]: (S:) or the دَائِرَة [or small protuberance termed حِثْرِمَة , q. v.,] in the middle of the upper lip: or the hair that is upon [app. meaning of] the شَارِب ; (M, K;) whence the saying, طَالَتْ سَبَلَتُكَ فَقُصَّهَا [thy hair of the mustache has become long, therefore clip it]; and it is tropical: (TA:) or the extremity of that hair: (M, K:) or the two mustaches together: (M, K: *) or what is upon the chin, to the extremity of the beard: or the fore part of the beard: (M, K:) or what hangs down, of, or from, the fore part of the beard: (Zj, in his “ Khalk el-Insán: ”) or, accord. to Az, it signifies, with the Arabs, the fore part of the beard, and what hangs down thereof, or therefrom, upon the breast: or, accord. to IDrd, some of them apply it to the extremity of the beard; and some, to the hair of the mustache that hangs down on the beard: in a trad., in which it is said that he [Mohammad] was full in the سَبَلَة , Az says that it means the hairs beneath the lower jaw: accord. to AZ, it is what appears, of the fore part of the beard, after [or exclusive of] the hair of the side of each cheek and the عُثْنُون [here app. meaning the portion of the beard next the front of the throat], and what is concealed [thereof]: (TA:) or, accord. to Th, the beard altogether: (M:) the pl. is سِبَالٌ , (S, K,) [to which ة is sometimes added, agreeably with a common license, as appears from an ex. in what follows,] and سَبَلَاتٌ , occurring in the saying, إِنَّهُ لَذُو سَبَلَاتٍ , mentioned by Lh, in which the term سَبَلَة is made to apply to every separate portion [so that the meaning is, Verily he has a سَبَلَة ]. (M.) One says, of enemies, هُمْ صُهْبُ السِّبَالِ [They are red, or reddish, in respect of the mustaches, &c.: see art. صهب ]. (TA.) And of a man who has come threatening, one says, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ وَ قَدْ نَشَرَ سَبَلَتَهُ [Such a one came having spread out his mustache, &c.]. (K, * TA.) And in a trad. respecting Dhu-th-Thudeiyeh, [see art. ثدى ,] it is said, عَلَيْهِ شُعَيْرَاتٌ مِثْلُ سِبَالَةِ السِّنَّوْرِ [app. meaning Having upon him small hairs like the whiskers of the cat]. TA.) سَبَلَةُ البَعِيرِ means The part of the camel, in which he is stabbed, or stuck, in the uppermost part of the breast; (T, M;) called also the تَرِيبَة : (T:) or the fur that flows down upon that part of the camel. (M, K. [In the CK, مَنْخَرِه is erroneously put for مَنْحَرِهِ .]) You say لَتَبَ فِى سَبَلَةِ النَّاقَةِ , meaning He stabbed, or stuck, the she-camel in the part above mentioned: (M in art. لتب : [in the K, in the present art., كَتَبَ is erroneously put, in this phrase, in the place of لَتَبَ :]) Az heard an Arab of the desert say لَتَمَ فِى سَبَلَةِ بَعِيرِهِ , [which means the same as لَتَبَ ,] and he supposes the سَبَلَة to be hairs in the part above mentioned. (TA.) You say also, بَعِيرٌ حَسَنُ السَّبَلَةِ , meaning [A camel goodly in respect of] the thinness of his skin ( جِلْدِهِ ): so in the O and K: but accord. to the T, of his cheek ( خَدِّهِ ); and this is probably the right explanation. (TA.)

Nounسَبَلَانِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — long in the mustache, or beardgenerated

See أَسْبَلُ.

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: see أَسْبَلُ .

Nounسَبِيلٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a way, road, or path; the cause of God; a means of accessgenerated

1a way, road, or path—سَبِيلَةٌ

A way, road, or path; and the open, or conspicuous, part of it. Er-Rāghib adds: in which there is ease.

Ibn-'Abbād.

It is masculine and feminine, like زُقَاقٌ, which the people of El-Ḥijāz make feminine and Temeem masculine, but it is mostly feminine; in the Qur it is masculine in 7:143 and feminine in 12:108.

Plural سُبُلٌ; or, according to ISk, it has this plural when masculine, and سُبُولٌ, like عُنُوقٌ, when feminine — but this distinction and the latter plural are both strange. It has also, as a plural of paucity, أَسْبِلَةٌ.

and it rests with God to show the right way—وَ عَلَى ٱللّٰهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِيلِ

[See art. قصد.] Qur 16:9. Here the word is used as a collective noun, because it is followed by وَ مِنْهَا جَائِرٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe son of the road: the wayfarer, or traveller—اِبْنُ السَّبِيلِ

Er-Rāghib: he whom the road has brought, or as it were brought forth; the wayfarer, or traveller; or one who travels much or often; or the traveller who is far from his place of abode.

As used in Qur 9:60 it means the person whose way has been cut short, so that he cannot continue his journey; to which has been added: who wants to return to his own country or town and does not find enough for that; or the traveller cut off from his property; or the person who wants to go to a country or town other than his own for some necessary business; or, according to Ibn-'Arafeh, the guest who has become unable to go on with his journey, his means having failed him.

Such a person should be given as much as will suffice him to get home.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredand you cut off the way of offspring—تَقْطَعُونَ السَّبِيلَ

Qur 29:28; that is, by your unnatural practices. Or: and you set yourselves against men in the roads for the purpose of what is grossly foul and abominable.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe way, or cause, of God, or of religion; the way by which one seeks nearness to God, or advancement in his favour—سَبِيلُ ٱللّٰهِ

and spend in the cause of God—وَ أَنْفِقُوا فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ

Qur 2:191, meaning: spend in warring against unbelievers and the like, and in every good work God has commanded, such being among the ways that lead to God. The phrase is mostly used of warring against unbelievers and the like.

who have been slain in the cause of God, or of his religion—ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ

Qur 3:163; that is, for the sake of the religion of God.

he assigned the profit of his estate to be spent in the cause of God, or of religion—جَعَلَ ضَيْعَتَهُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferreda means of access; a connexion, or a tie—سَبِيلٌ

would that I had gained, along with the Apostle, a means of access to Paradise—يَا لَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا

Qur 25:29. So it has been explained; or the meaning is: would that I had taken, along with the Apostle, a way to safety; or one way, the way of truth.

1.5

Also, at the present day, applied to a public drinking-fountain.

Qur’ānic occurrences سَبِيل 5 shown of 164

6:55

وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ وَلِتَسْتَبِينَ سَبِيلُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Thus do We explain the signs in detail: that the way of the sinners may be shown up.

15:76

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ

And the (cities were) right on the high-road.

71:20

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"

76:3

إِنَّا هَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلسَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا

We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his will).

80:20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A way, road, or path; (S, M, Msb, K;) and what is open, or conspicuous, thereof; (M, K;) and Er-Rághib adds, wherein is easiness: (TA:) and سَبِيلَةٌ signifies the same: (Ibn- 'Abbád, K:) the former is masc. and fem.; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) like زُقَاقٌ ; (Msb;) made fem. by the people of El-Hijáz, and masc. by Temeem; (Akh, S voce زُقَاقٌ ;) but mostly fem.; (IAth, TA;) in the Kur it is made masc. in vii. 143, and fem. in xii. 108: (S, M, TA:) pl. سُبُلٌ , (M, K,) or, accord. to ISk, it has this pl. when masc., and سُبُولٌ , like عُنُوقٌ when fem., (Msb, [but this distinction and the latter pl. are both strange,]) and it has also as a pl. [of pauc.] أَسْبِلَةٌ . (TA.) In the saying, وَ عَلَى ٱللّٰهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِيلِ [And upon God it rests to show the right way (see art. قصد )], (M, K,) in the Kur [xvi. 9], (M,) it is used as a gen. n., because it is added, وَ مِنْهَا جَائِرٌ . (M, K.) اِبْنُ السَّبِيلِ means The son of the road; (M, K;) he whom the road has brought, or [as it were] brought forth; (IB;) the wayfarer, or traveller: (Mgh, Msb:) or he who travels much or often: (TA:) or the traveller who is far from his place of abode: (Er-Rághib:) as used in the verse of the Kur, (M, Mgh, Msb,) ix, 60, (M,) it means the person to whom the way has become cut short [so that he is unable to continue his journey]; (M, K;) to which has been added, who desires to return to his country, or town, and finds not what will suffice him: (TA:) or the traveller who is cut off from his property: (Mgh, Msb:) or the person who desires to go to a country, or town, other than his own, for a necessary affair: or, accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, the guest who has become disabled from proceeding in his journey, his means having failed him: to such should be given as much as will suffice him to his home. (TA.) تَقْطَعُونَ السَّبِيلَ , in the Kur [xxix. 28], means [And ye cut off] the way of offspring [by your unnatural practices]: or and ye oppose yourselves to men in the roads [or road] for the purpose of that which is excessively, or enormously, foul or abominable. (TA.) [ سَبِيلُ ٱللّٰهِ means The way, or cause, of God, or of religion; or the way whereby one seeks approach to God, or advancement in his favour.] It is said in the Kur [ii. 191], وَ أَنْفِقُوا فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ , meaning And expend ye in warring against unbelievers and the like, and in every good work commanded by God; (M, K;) such being of the ways [that lead] to God: (M:) mostly used in relation to warring against unbelievers and the like. (M, K.) And in the same, iii. 163, ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ , meaning [Who have been slain in the cause of God, or of his religion, i. e.,] for the sake of the religion of God. (Jel.) And you say, جَعَلَ ضَيْعَتَهُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ [He made his estate to have its profit, or revenue, or usufruct, employed in the cause of God, or of religion]. (S.) سَبِيلٌ also signifies A means of access; a connexion, or a tie: so in the saying, in the Kur [xxv. 29], يَا لَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا [O would that I had obtained, with the Apostle, a means of access to Paradise]: (S, Msb, TA:) thus it has been explained: (TA:) or the meaning is, [O would that I had taken, with the Apostle,] a way to safety: or one way, the way of truth. (Bd.) [Also, in the present day, applied to A public drinking-fountain.]

Nounسَبُولَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an ear of corn that is bending, or inclininggenerated

And سُبُولَةٌ: see سَبَلٌ, in three places.

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and سُبُولَةٌ : see سَبَلٌ , in three places.

Nounسَبِيلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a way, road, or pathgenerated

See سَبِيلٌ, first sentence.

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: see سَبِيلٌ , first sentence.

Nounسَابِلٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — travelling upon a road; a travelled, beaten roadgenerated

Travelling upon a road.

Plural سَوَابِلُ, and the collective noun سَابِلَةٌ, which means travellers, or a company of people, following one another, or going repeatedly to and fro, upon the roads for the accomplishment of their wants; it is made feminine as denoting a جَمَاعَة.

1.1a travelled road; a beaten road—سَابِلَةٌ

In art. شغر.

a travelled road; a beaten road—سَبِيلٌ سَابِلَةٌ

In art. شغر.

2figurative · مجاز — inferredrain falling continuously, or in successive showers, in large drops, and abundantly—غَيْثٌ سَابِلٌ

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Travelling upon a road: pl. سَوَابِلُ and [coll. gen. n.] سَابِلَةٌ ; (TA:) this last signifies travellers, (S, M, *) or a company of people, (Mgh, K,) following, or succeeding, one another, or going repeatedly to and fro, (S, M, Mgh, K,) upon the roads, (S, Mgh,) or upon the road, (M, K,) for the accomplishment of their wants: it is made fem. as denoting a جَمَاعَة . (Mgh.) Also, سَابِلَةٌ , (TA in art. شغر ,) or سَبِيلٌ سَابِلَةٌ , (M, K, * TA,) A travelled road; (M, K, TA;) a beaten road. (TA in art. شغر .) غَيْثٌ سَابِلٌ Rain falling continuously, or in successive showers, and in large drops, and copiously. (TA.)

Nounسَابِلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — travellers going to and fro upon the roadgenerated

See the preceding entry, in two places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

Nounسُنْبُلٌ1 sense

Core sense — an ear of corn; ears of corngenerated

And سُنْبُلَةٌ: see سَبَلٌ, in five places; and see also art. سنبل.

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and سُنْبُلَةٌ : see سَبَلٌ , in five places: and see also art. سنبل .

Nounسَلْسَبِيلُ1 sense

Core sense — a certain fountain in Paradisegenerated

The name of a certain fountain in Paradise; determinate, without tanween; but as it occurs at the end of a verse of the Qur (76:18) and is with fetḥ, ا is added to it, to match the endings of the other verses before and after it.