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سنبل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the ear of grain, its growth, and its appearance. It extends to describe things that are long, trailing, or abundant, and also refers to a constellation and a type of perfume. It can also denote a specific place or a person's name.

Derived headwords

السُّنْبُلnoun
  1. 1.
    ear of grainboth

    The head of a cereal plant, such as wheat or barley, containing the seeds. It is the primary meaning of the root.

  2. 2.
    perfumeclassical

    A type of fragrant substance or perfume.

السَّنَابِلnoun
  1. 1.
    ears of grainboth

    The plural of سنبلة (sunbulah), referring to the ears of cereal crops like wheat, barley, and corn.

سُنْبُلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ear of grainboth

    The singular form of the ear of a cereal plant.

  2. 2.
    constellationclassical

    A specific constellation in the sky, likely referring to Virgo.

  3. 3.
    trailing garmentclassical

    A long, trailing part of a garment, especially a skirt or robe, that hangs down behind.

  4. 4.
    wellclassical

    A specific ancient well dug by the Banu Jumah in Mecca.

سنبلverb
  1. 1.
    to produce ears of grainboth

    Used to describe a cereal crop when its ears begin to emerge.

  2. 2.
    to trailclassical

    To let a garment hang long and trail behind or in front.

سنبلانيadjective
  1. 1.
    long and trailingclassical

    Describing a garment that is long, abundant, and trails behind or in front, like an ear of grain.

  2. 2.
    related to Sunbulclassical

    Possibly derived from a place name 'Sunbul'.

ابن سنبلname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Sunbulclassical

    A man from Basra, known for his association with Ali and an incident involving the burning of people.

Parallel reading

السنبل معروف، وجمعه السنابل.
The ear of grain is known, and its plural is al-sanābil.
السُّنْبُل من الزرع واحدته سنبلة
The ear of grain is from the crops, its singular is sunbulah.
وقد سنبل الزرع إذا خرج سنبله.
And the crop has produced ears of grain when its ears emerged.
والسنابل: سنابل الزرع من البر والشعير والذرة، الواحدة سنبلة.
And al-sanābil: are the ears of crops from wheat, barley, and corn; the singular is sunbulah.
والسنبلة: برج في السماء.
And al-sunbulah: is a constellation in the sky.
والسنبل: من الطيب.
And al-sunbul: is from perfumes.
أنه رؤي بالكوفة على حمار عربي وعليه قميص سنبلاني
That he was seen in Kufa on an Arab donkey wearing a sunbulani shirt.
قال شمر: قال أبو عبد الوهاب الغنوي السنبلاني من الثياب السابغ الطويل الذي قد أسبل.
Shammir said: Abu Abd al-Wahhab al-Ghanawi said, al-sunbulani refers to long, trailing garments that have been let down.
سنبل الرجل ثوبه إذا جر له ذنبا من خلفه فتلك السنبلة
A man trailed his garment if he dragged a tail behind him, and that is al-sunbulah.
ما طال من خلفه وأمامه فقد سنبله، فهذا القميص السنبلاني
What was long behind him and in front of him has been trailed, and this is the sunbulani shirt.
أنه أرسل إلى امرأة بشقيقة سنبلانية أي سابغة الطول.
That he sent to a woman a sunbulani garment, meaning long in length.
يقال: ثوب سنبلاني، وسنبل ثوبه إذا أسبله وجره من خلفه أو أمامه
It is said: a sunbulani garment, and he trailed his garment if he let it down and dragged it from behind or in front.
وابن سنبل: رجل بصري، أحرق جارية بن قدامة، وهو من أصحاب علي، خمسين رجلا من أهل البصرة في داره
And Ibn Sunbul: was a man from Basra, who burned Jarir bin Qudamah, and he was one of Ali's companions, fifty men from the people of Basra in his house.
والسنبلة: بئر قديمة حفرتها بنو جمح بمكة
And al-sunbulah: is an ancient well dug by the Banu Jumah in Mecca.