إشبيلية

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sep̄ela⁠/, “plain, valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiʃ.biː.li.ja/
  • (Morocco) IPA^(key): /ʔiʃ.biːl.ja/, (dated) /ʃbiːl.ja/

Proper noun

إِشْبِيلِيَة • (ʔišbīliya) f

1. Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)

   Synonym: (historical) حِمْص الأَنْدَلُس (ḥimṣ al-ʔandalus)

Declension

Declension of noun إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)

Singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	إِشْبِيلِيَة ʔišbīliya	—
Nominative	—	إِشْبِيلِيَةُ ʔišbīliyatu	—
Accusative	—	إِشْبِيلِيَةَ ʔišbīliyata	—
Genitive	—	إِشْبِيلِيَةَ ʔišbīliyata	—

Descendants

• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Sevilha
  • Galician: Sevilla
  • Portuguese: Sevilha
• → Spanish: Sevilla
• → Sicilian: Xibilia
  • → Sicilian: Scibbilia (Italianized spelling)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “إشبيلية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN