إبل

See also: أبل, أتل, and اتل

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾibl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔi.bil/

Noun

إِبِل (ʾibil) f (collective, plural آبَال (ʾābāl))

  1. (collective, plural only) camels
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 88:17:
      أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
      ʾafalā yanẓurūna ʾilā l-ʾibili kayfa ḵuliqat
      Then do they not look unto the camels – how they are created?

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References

  • Voigt, Rainer (2009), “Semitic Languages”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
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