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صنبل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something wicked, evil, or of ill repute. It is also used as a proper name and in historical accounts.

Derived headwords

الصنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    wicked personclassical

    A wicked, evil, or disreputable person.

الصنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    evil thingclassical

    Something wicked, evil, or of ill repute.

صنبلname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, as mentioned in poetry.

ابن صنبلname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Sunbulclassical

    A man from Basra, associated with Ali, known for a historical event involving burning people.

Parallel reading

الخبيث المنكر
the wicked, the disreputable.
قال مهلهل: لما توقل في الكراع هجينهم، ... هلهلت أثأر مالكا أو صنبلا
Al-Muhalhil said: When their ignoble ones gathered in Al-Kura', ... I avenged Malik or Sunbul.
وابن صنبل: رجل من أهل البصرة أحرق جارية ابن قدامة، وهو من أصحاب علي، عليه السلام، خمسين رجلا من أهل البصرة في داره.
And Ibn Sunbul: a man from Basra who burned the slave girl of Ibn Qudamah, and he was among the companions of Ali, peace be upon him, [and was responsible for] fifty men from Basra in his house.