سنبل

Arabic

Alternative forms

سَبَل‎ (sabal)

Etymology

From the root س ب ل‎ (s-b-l) whence also the verb form IV أَسْبَلَ‎ (ʾasbala, “to let down, to let hang out”).
Compare Aramaic שבלתא‎ (šebaltā, “ear”),‎ שבלא‎ (šebalā, “ear”),‎ Classical Syriac ܫܶܒܰܠܬܳܐ‎ (šebaltā, “ear”),‎ ܫܶܒܠܳܐ‎ (šebalā, “ear”), Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת‎ (śibboleṯ, “flowing stream; ear”), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎁𐎍𐎚 (šblt, “ear”), Akkadian 𒀭 (/šubultu/, “ear”), Eblaite 𒋤𒉺𒂖 (SÙ.PA.SIKIL /šabaltum/, “ear”), Old South Arabian 𐩪𐩨𐩡𐩩‎ (“ear”), Ge'ez ሰብል (säbl, “ear”), Tigrinya ሰብሊ (säbli, “ear”), Amharic ሰብል (säbəl, “ear”), Soqotri sebóleh (“ear”), Mehri seblī́t‎ (“ear”), Shehri simbelót (“ear”), Egyptian

(sꜣbꜣjr, “shoots, spikes (of fruit trees), grape clusters”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sun.bul/

Noun

سُنْبُل • (sunbul) m (collective, singulative سُنْبُلَة‎ (sunbula), plural سَنَابِل‎ (sanābil))

ear, spike (of a crop)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:261:
  
  ‏مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَت سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍ‎
  maṯalu allaḏīna yunfiqūna ʾamwālahum fī sabīli llāhi kamaṯali ḥabbatin ʾanbatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatin miʾatu ḥabbatin
  Those who spend their wealth in the way of God are like a grain which grows seven ears, (and) in each ear a hundred grains
Virgo (a star constellation)
aromatic plant, spikenard, Nardostachys spp., Valeriana spp. and the like

Declension

Declension of noun سُنْبُل (sunbul)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُنْبُل sunbul	السُّنْبُل‎ as-sunbul	سُنْبُل sunbul
Nominative	سُنْبُلٌ sunbulun	السُّنْبُلُ‎ as-sunbulu	سُنْبُلُ sunbulu
Accusative	سُنْبُلًا‎ sunbulan	السُّنْبُلَ‎ as-sunbula	سُنْبُلَ sunbula
Genitive	سُنْبُلٍ sunbulin	السُّنْبُلِ‎ as-sunbuli	سُنْبُلِ sunbuli
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُنْبُلَة‎ sunbula	السُّنْبُلَة‎ as-sunbula	سُنْبُلَة‎ sunbulat
Nominative	سُنْبُلَةٌ‎ sunbulatun	السُّنْبُلَةُ‎ as-sunbulatu	سُنْبُلَةُ‎ sunbulatu
Accusative	سُنْبُلَةً‎ sunbulatan	السُّنْبُلَةَ‎ as-sunbulata	سُنْبُلَةَ‎ sunbulata
Genitive	سُنْبُلَةٍ‎ sunbulatin	السُّنْبُلَةِ‎ as-sunbulati	سُنْبُلَةِ‎ sunbulati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُنْبُلَتَيْن‎ sunbulatayn	السُّنْبُلَتَيْن‎ as-sunbulatayn	سُنْبُلَتَيْ‎ sunbulatay
Nominative	سُنْبُلَتَانِ‎ sunbulatāni	السُّنْبُلَتَانِ‎ as-sunbulatāni	سُنْبُلَتَا‎ sunbulatā
Accusative	سُنْبُلَتَيْنِ‎ sunbulatayni	السُّنْبُلَتَيْنِ‎ as-sunbulatayni	سُنْبُلَتَيْ‎ sunbulatay
Genitive	سُنْبُلَتَيْنِ‎ sunbulatayni	السُّنْبُلَتَيْنِ‎ as-sunbulatayni	سُنْبُلَتَيْ‎ sunbulatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُنْبُلَات‎ sunbulāt	السُّنْبُلَات‎ as-sunbulāt	سُنْبُلَات‎ sunbulāt
Nominative	سُنْبُلَاتٌ‎ sunbulātun	السُّنْبُلَاتُ‎ as-sunbulātu	سُنْبُلَاتُ‎ sunbulātu
Accusative	سُنْبُلَاتٍ‎ sunbulātin	السُّنْبُلَاتِ‎ as-sunbulāti	سُنْبُلَاتِ‎ sunbulāti
Genitive	سُنْبُلَاتٍ‎ sunbulātin	السُّنْبُلَاتِ‎ as-sunbulāti	سُنْبُلَاتِ‎ sunbulāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنَابِل‎ sanābil	السَّنَابِل‎ as-sanābil	سَنَابِل‎ sanābil
Nominative	سَنَابِلُ‎ sanābilu	السَّنَابِلُ‎ as-sanābilu	سَنَابِلُ‎ sanābilu
Accusative	سَنَابِلَ‎ sanābila	السَّنَابِلَ‎ as-sanābila	سَنَابِلَ‎ sanābila
Genitive	سَنَابِلَ‎ sanābila	السَّنَابِلِ‎ as-sanābili	سَنَابِلِ‎ sanābili

Descendants

→ Amharic: ሰንበል (sänbäl, “ear”), ሰንቡል (sänbul, “spikenard”), ስንቡል (sənbul, “spikenard”)
→ Ge'ez: ሰንብል (sänbəl, “ear”), ሰንበል (sänbäl, “ear”), ሰንቢል (sänbil, “spikenard”), ሰንቡል (sänbul, “spikenard”)
→ Tigre: ስንቡል (sənbul, “spikenard”)

References

H7641 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Freytag, Georg (1833), “سَبَلٌ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 281
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 178–179
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 484, 505
Leslau, Wolf (1938) Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 280
Olmo Lete, Gregorio del; Sanmartín, Joaquín; Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015), “سنبل”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 793

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (sombol).

Noun

سنبل • (sümbül)

hyacinth

Descendants

Turkish: sümbül

Persian

Noun

سنبل

سنبل • (sombol)

hyacinth

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