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 شلوار (šalvâr, “trousers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sir.baːl/

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun سِرْبَال (sirbāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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
	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, 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, 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) “سربال”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1343