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سَبِيل
way, path /saˈbiːl/
nounA2#1246 most common
Also: road, route, means, recourse, cause or sake (in the phrase fī sabīl)
Example sentences
السَّبِيلُ طَوِيلٌ.
The road is long.
هَلْ تَعْرِفُ سَبِيلًا إِلَى السُّوقِ؟
Do you know a way to the market?
لَا سَبِيلَ إِلَى النَّجَاحِ بِدُونِ عَمَلٍ.
There is no way to success without work.
تَبَرَّعَ بِمَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ الْفُقَرَاءِ.
He donated his money for the sake of the poor.
عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَسْلُكَ كُلَّ السُّبُلِ الْمُمْكِنَةِ لِحَلِّ الْمُشْكِلَةِ.
We must pursue every possible means to solve the problem.
لَيْسَ أَمَامَنَا مِنْ سَبِيلٍ سِوَى الصَّبْرِ حَتَّى تَنْجَلِيَ الْأَزْمَةُ.
We have no recourse but patience until the crisis lifts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَبِيلٌ | سُبُلٌ |
| Genitive | سَبِيلٍ | سُبُلٍ |
| Accusative | سَبِيلًا | سُبُلًا |
| Vocative | يَا سَبِيلُ | يَا سُبُلُ |
Word family
سُبُلways, paths (plural)
سَابِلَةpassersby, travelers
أَسْبَلَto let flow, let hang down
سَبَّلَto dedicate as a public endowment
Etymology
Sabīl comes from the Semitic root s-b-l, tied to flowing and letting down, as of rain or a hanging garment. From this grew the sense of a way or path along which one travels. The word is shared across Semitic languages: Hebrew shvil and Aramaic shvila both mean path.
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