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ببل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses the place name Babylon in Iraq, its association with magic and wine, and its grammatical treatment in classical Arabic.

Derived headwords

بَابِلname
  1. 1.
    Name of a place in Iraq, to which magic and red wine are attributed.both

    Name of a place in Iraq, to which magic and red wine are attributed.

سِحْرnoun
  1. 1.
    it may be vowelled due to the guttural letter, so it is said سَحْر and سِحْر, like نَهْر and نِهْرboth

    it may be vowelled due to the guttural letter, so it is said سَحْر and سِحْر, like نَهْر and نِهْر

  2. 2.
    it has become definite without annexation or the definite articleboth

    it has become definite without annexation or the definite article

  3. 3.
    and if you mean it as indefinite, you decline itboth

    and if you mean it as indefinite, you decline it

  4. 4.
    except the family of Lot, We saved them at dawnboth

    except the family of Lot, We saved them at dawn

  5. 5.
    the upper part of the lungboth

    the upper part of the lung

  6. 6.
    the charm/spellboth

    the charm/spell

  7. 7.
    everything whose acquisition is subtle and preciseboth

    everything whose acquisition is subtle and precise

  8. 8.
    he charmed him, he bewitched himboth

    he charmed him, he bewitched him

  9. 9.
    he deceived himboth

    he deceived him

  10. 10.
    if he distracted himboth

    if he distracted him

  11. 11.
    he deceived him, he distracted himboth

    he deceived him, he distracted him

خَمْرnoun
  1. 1.
    wine (plural)both

    wine (plural)

  2. 2.
    on the pattern of 'katif' (meaning intoxicated)both

    on the pattern of 'katif' (meaning intoxicated)

  3. 3.
    he leavened the dough, meaning he put leaven in itboth

    he leavened the dough, meaning he put leaven in it

  4. 4.
    cover your vesselboth

    cover your vessel

تَأْنِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    feminizationclassical

    The grammatical concept of femininity in a noun, particularly relevant to its declension.

Parallel reading

بابل: اسم موضع بالعراق ينسب إليه السحر والخمر.
Babylon: a place name in Iraq, from which magic and wine are attributed.
قال الاخفش: لا ينصرف لتأنيثه
Al-Akhfash said: it is indeclinable due to its femininity.
وذلك أن اسم كل شئ مؤنث إذا كان أكثر من ثلاثة أحرف فإنه لا ينصرف في المعرفة.
And that is because the name of every feminine thing, if it has more than three letters, is indeclinable in the definite state.