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 שְׁבִילׇא (šəḇīlā), Hebrew שְׁבִיל (šəḇī́l).

Noun

سَبِيل • (sabīl) m or f (plural سُبُل (subul))

1. way, path, road

   اِبْن السَّبِيل ― ibn as-sabīl ― wanderer

2. manner, method
3. ways and means
4. kinship
5. necessary connection
6. distribution of water
7. public fountain

Declension

Declension of noun سَبِيل (sabīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَبِيل sabīl	السَّبِيل as-sabīl	سَبِيل sabīl
Nominative	سَبِيلٌ sabīlun	السَّبِيلُ as-sabīlu	سَبِيلُ sabīlu
Accusative	سَبِيلًا sabīlan	السَّبِيلَ as-sabīla	سَبِيلَ sabīla
Genitive	سَبِيلٍ sabīlin	السَّبِيلِ as-sabīli	سَبِيلِ sabīli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَبِيلَيْن sabīlayn	السَّبِيلَيْن as-sabīlayn	سَبِيلَيْ sabīlay
Nominative	سَبِيلَانِ sabīlāni	السَّبِيلَانِ as-sabīlāni	سَبِيلَا sabīlā
Accusative	سَبِيلَيْنِ sabīlayni	السَّبِيلَيْنِ as-sabīlayni	سَبِيلَيْ sabīlay
Genitive	سَبِيلَيْنِ sabīlayni	السَّبِيلَيْنِ as-sabīlayni	سَبِيلَيْ sabīlay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُبُل subul	السُّبُل as-subul	سُبُل subul
Nominative	سُبُلٌ subulun	السُّبُلُ as-subulu	سُبُلُ subulu
Accusative	سُبُلًا subulan	السُّبُلَ as-subula	سُبُلَ subula
Genitive	سُبُلٍ subulin	السُّبُلِ as-subuli	سُبُلِ subuli

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^[1] (in German), volume 53, page 197
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سبيل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen