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سَلْسَبِيلُ

proper noun  ·  1 entry  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 1

This is Lane’s article on سَلْسَبِيلُ. In the printed Lexicon he files it under سبل — that is where it appears on the page, not the word’s root.

Lane’s articleسَلْسَبِيلُ1 sense
1

The name of a certain fountain in Paradise. It is a proper name, and takes no tanwīn.

It occurs at the end of a verse of the Qur'ān [76:18], where it has fetḥ, and ا is added to it so that it matches the endings of the other verses before and after it.

See also the article سلسبل.

Show Lane's original text
the name of A certain fountain in Paradise: determinate; [without tenween;] but occurring at the end of a verse of the Kur [lxxvi. 18], (Akh, S, K,) and being with fet-h, (Akh, S,) ا is added to it, (Akh, S, K,) for the sake of conformity [with the endings of other verses before and after it]. (K.) See also art. سلسبل .