سلسبيل

Arabic

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Salsabil (Quran) and Salsabil (fountain)

Etymology

Probably an elistic name of Aramaic and ultimately Akkadian origin.^[2] For metrical considerations it could still have tanwīn in spite of being, as a proper noun, diptote.^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sal.sa.biːl/

Proper noun

سَلْسَبِيل • (salsabīl) m

(obsolete, hapax) a male given name
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:18:
  وَيُسْقَوْنَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنْجَبِيلًا عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلًا
  wayusqawna fīhā kaʔsan kāna mizājuhā zanjabīlan ʕaynan fīhā tusammā salsabīlan
  There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of ginger and the spring bearing the name of Salsabīl

Declension

Declension of noun سَلْسَبِيل (salsabīl)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سَلْسَبِيل salsabīl	—
Nominative	—	سَلْسَبِيلُ salsabīlu	—
Accusative	—	سَلْسَبِيلَ salsabīla	—
Genitive	—	سَلْسَبِيلَ salsabīla	—

Descendants

Indonesian: Salsabila (“a female given name”)

Noun

سَلْسَبِيل • (salsabīl) m (plural سَلَاسِب (salāsib) or سَلَاسِيب (salāsīb))

a copious source of nourishment, used to aggrandize the contents of a book or a restaurant for marketing purposes, in reference to the Qurʔānic description of Paradise
a monumental waterspout

Declension

Declension of noun سَلْسَبِيل (salsabīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلْسَبِيل salsabīl	السَّلْسَبِيل as-salsabīl	سَلْسَبِيل salsabīl
Nominative	سَلْسَبِيلٌ salsabīlun	السَّلْسَبِيلُ as-salsabīlu	سَلْسَبِيلُ salsabīlu
Accusative	سَلْسَبِيلًا salsabīlan	السَّلْسَبِيلَ as-salsabīla	سَلْسَبِيلَ salsabīla
Genitive	سَلْسَبِيلٍ salsabīlin	السَّلْسَبِيلِ as-salsabīli	سَلْسَبِيلِ salsabīli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلْسَبِيلَيْن salsabīlayn	السَّلْسَبِيلَيْن as-salsabīlayn	سَلْسَبِيلَيْ salsabīlay
Nominative	سَلْسَبِيلَانِ salsabīlāni	السَّلْسَبِيلَانِ as-salsabīlāni	سَلْسَبِيلَا salsabīlā
Accusative	سَلْسَبِيلَيْنِ salsabīlayni	السَّلْسَبِيلَيْنِ as-salsabīlayni	سَلْسَبِيلَيْ salsabīlay
Genitive	سَلْسَبِيلَيْنِ salsabīlayni	السَّلْسَبِيلَيْنِ as-salsabīlayni	سَلْسَبِيلَيْ salsabīlay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلَاسِب‎; سَلَاسِيب salāsib‎; salāsīb	السَّلَاسِب‎; السَّلَاسِيب as-salāsib‎; as-salāsīb	سَلَاسِب‎; سَلَاسِيب salāsib‎; salāsīb
Nominative	سَلَاسِبُ‎; سَلَاسِيبُ salāsibu‎; salāsību	السَّلَاسِبُ‎; السَّلَاسِيبُ as-salāsibu‎; as-salāsību	سَلَاسِبُ‎; سَلَاسِيبُ salāsibu‎; salāsību
Accusative	سَلَاسِبَ‎; سَلَاسِيبَ salāsiba‎; salāsība	السَّلَاسِبَ‎; السَّلَاسِيبَ as-salāsiba‎; as-salāsība	سَلَاسِبَ‎; سَلَاسِيبَ salāsiba‎; salāsība
Genitive	سَلَاسِبَ‎; سَلَاسِيبَ salāsiba‎; salāsība	السَّلَاسِبِ‎; السَّلَاسِيبِ as-salāsibi‎; as-salāsībi	سَلَاسِبِ‎; سَلَاسِيبِ salāsibi‎; salāsībi

References

^ A modern interpretation is depicted in Volait, Mercedes (2021) “3: Conflicted Commodification in Cairo”, in Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890: Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 99–100, figure 69
^ Keßler, Konrad (1889) Mani. Forschungen über die manichäische Religion. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Religionsgeschichte des Orients (in German), Berlin: Georg Reimer, →DOI, page 17 of the preface
^ Drißner, Gerald (2024 March 20) “The Qur’an Revisited: Sura 76:18”, in Arabic for Nerds‎^[2]

[1] A modern interpretation is depicted in Volait, Mercedes (2021) “3: Conflicted Commodification in Cairo”, in Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890: Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 99–100, figure 69

[2] Keßler, Konrad (1889) Mani. Forschungen über die manichäische Religion. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Religionsgeschichte des Orients (in German), Berlin: Georg Reimer, →DOI, page 17 of the preface

[3] Drißner, Gerald (2024 March 20) “The Qur’an Revisited: Sura 76:18”, in Arabic for Nerds‎^[2]

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