سربال

Arabic

Etymology

Iranian in origin, but the details are not understood; it is pre-Islamic, probably from Aramaic סַרְבְּלָא (sarbəlā), סַרְבַּלָא (sarbalā, “mantle; trousers”) or Aramaic סַרְבֵּל (sarbel, “to cloth with a mantle; to clothe with trousers”), and it is possible that the verbs came before the noun in Arabic and the noun is deverbal. Regard Persian (šalvâr, “trousers”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sir.baːl/

Noun

سِرْبَال • (sirbāl) m (plural سَرَابِيل (sarābīl))

clothing, anything that is worn on the body (tops, trousers, dresses, armours, etc.)

Declension

Declension of noun **سِرْبَال** (sirbāl)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سِرْبَال sirbāl	السِّرْبَال as-sirbāl	سِرْبَال sirbāl
nominative	سِرْبَالٌ sirbālun	السِّرْبَالُ as-sirbālu	سِرْبَالُ sirbālu
accusative	سِرْبَالًا sirbālan	السِّرْبَالَ as-sirbāla	سِرْبَالَ sirbāla
genitive	سِرْبَالٍ sirbālin	السِّرْبَالِ as-sirbāli	سِرْبَالِ sirbāli
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سِرْبَالَيْن sirbālayn	السِّرْبَالَيْن as-sirbālayn	سِرْبَالَيْ sirbālay
nominative	سِرْبَالَانِ sirbālāni	السِّرْبَالَانِ as-sirbālāni	سِرْبَالَا sirbālā
accusative	سِرْبَالَيْنِ sirbālayni	السِّرْبَالَيْنِ as-sirbālayni	سِرْبَالَيْ sirbālay
genitive	سِرْبَالَيْنِ sirbālayni	السِّرْبَالَيْنِ as-sirbālayni	سِرْبَالَيْ sirbālay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَرَابِيل sarābīl	السَّرَابِيل as-sarābīl	سَرَابِيل sarābīl
nominative	سَرَابِيلُ sarābīlu	السَّرَابِيلُ as-sarābīlu	سَرَابِيلُ sarābīlu
accusative	سَرَابِيلَ sarābīla	السَّرَابِيلَ as-sarābīla	سَرَابِيلَ sarābīla
genitive	سَرَابِيلَ sarābīla	السَّرَابِيلِ as-sarābīli	سَرَابِيلِ sarābīli

Related terms

سَرْبَلَ (sarbala, “to clothe, to cover”)
تَسَرْبَلَ (tasarbala, “to clothe oneself, to garb oneself”)

References

“srbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“srbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845), Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[1] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, →DOI, pages 202–203
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 47
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880), De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[2] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, page 2
Freytag, Georg (1833), “سربال”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 305
Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 168–169
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “سربال”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1343.