ش ب ل

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns young lions and the concept of nurturing or raising young. It extends to the idea of growth, development, and care, particularly in a familial context. Metaphorically, it can refer to affection, support, and even specific places or people associated with these concepts.

Derived headwords

الشِّبْلnoun

1.
Lion cubboth
A lion cub that has reached the age of hunting.

أَشْبَالnoun

1.
Lion cubsboth
Plural of شِبْل (shibl), referring to young lions.

شَبَلَverb

1.
To grow upboth
Said of a boy when he matures or develops.
2.
To grow up in prosperityboth
To grow up in a state of ease and well-being.
3.
To grow up amongboth
To be raised or nurtured within a particular family or group.

شُبُولاًnoun

1.
Growthboth
The act of a boy growing up or maturing.

أَشْبَلَ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
To be affectionate towardsboth
To show tenderness and care towards someone.
2.
To helpboth
To provide assistance or support, often metaphorically.

الإِشْبَالnoun

1.
Affection and supportboth
The act of being tender and helpful, particularly towards one's offspring.

مُشْبِلadjective

1.
Nurturing motherboth
A woman who stays with and cares for her children after her husband's death, like a lioness with her cubs.

إِشْبِيلِيَّةname

1.
Sevilleboth
A major city in Al-Andalus, known for its beauty, moderate climate, and significant river.

الشَّابِلnoun

1.
Lion with intertwined fangsclassical
A description of a lion whose fangs have become entangled.
2.
Well-built youthclassical
A young man who is full-bodied and strong, representing vitality and youthfulness.

الشَّبْلِيّname

1.
Al-Shibliboth
A nisba (attribution) referring to individuals from a group or lineage known as 'Shibli', most famously the Sufi mystic Abu Bakr al-Shibli.

شَبِيلname

1.
Shubaylboth
A given name, appearing in various historical figures.

مُؤْتَمّ الأَشْبَالname

1.
He who gathers the cubsclassical
A title given to 'Isa ibn Zayd ibn 'Ali ibn al-Husayn, referring to his care for his offspring.

أَشْبُولname

1.
Ashbulboth
A village in Egypt, from which notable scholars originated.

شَبِيل بن عَوْفname

1.
Shubayl ibn 'Awfboth
A Companion of the Prophet who participated in the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah.

شَبِيل بن عُرْوَةname

1.
Shubayl ibn 'Urwahboth
A narrator of hadith, also known as Abu 'Amr al-Nahwi.

أبو شِبْلname

1.
Abu Shiblboth
A kunya (patronymic) used by several individuals, including 'Alqamah ibn Qays, a reliable Tabi'i.

شِبْلname

1.
Shiblboth
A given name, also referring to a Companion of the Prophet with a weak hadith.

شِبْل بن عَبَّادname

1.
Shibl ibn 'Abbadboth
A reciter of the Quran from Mecca, known for his recitation of Ibn Kathir.

ذو الشِّبْلَيْنname

1.
The one with the two cubsclassical
A title for 'Amir ibn 'Amr, whose twin sons were called 'al-Shiblayn'.

شَبِيلname

1.
Shubaylclassical
A poet mentioned in relation to the root.

شَبِيلِيّname

1.
Al-Shubayliboth
A nisba referring to individuals from the Shibil lineage, including poets and scholars.

Parallel reading

الشبل، بالكسر: ولد الأسد إذا أدرك الصيد

The shibl, with a kasra: a lion cub when it reaches the age of hunting.

قال الكميت: (خلفتم سعيدا وهل يشبهن ... ن إلا الأشبل الأشبل)

Al-Kumait said: (You left Sa'id, and do they resemble... none but the strong, the strong ones).

وشبل الغلام، شبولا: إذا نشأ

And the boy 'shabala', shubulan: when he grew up.

وشب في نعمة

And he grew up in prosperity.

وقال الكسائي: شبل في بني فلان، إذا نشأ فيهم

And Al-Kisa'i said: 'shabala' among the children of so-and-so, meaning he grew up among them.

وأشبل عليه: أي عطف

And 'ashbala' upon him: meaning he was affectionate.

وأيضا: أعانه، وهو مجاز

And also: he helped him, and this is metaphorical.

قال الكميت: (ومنا إذا حزبتك الأمور ... عليك الملبلب والمشبل)

Al-Kumait said: (And from us, when troubles beset you... upon you is the one who supports and the one who helps).

وقال الكسائي: الإشبال: التعطف والمعونة

And Al-Kisa'i said: Al-ishbal: is affection and help.

ومن المجاز: أشبلت المرأة على ولدها، وهي مشبل: أقامت عليهم بعد زوجها، وصبرت عليهم، ولم تتزوج

And from metaphor: The woman 'ashbalat' upon her children, and she is 'mushbil': she stayed with them after her husband, endured them, and did not remarry.

تقول: هي في إشبالها كاللبؤة على أشبالها

One says: She is in her nurturing like a lioness with her cubs.

إشبيلية، بالكسر كإرمينية

Ishbiliyyah, with a kasra like Arminiyyah.

أعظم بلد بالأندلس

The greatest city in Al-Andalus.

وهي غربي قرطبة، بينهما ثلاثون فرسخا

And it is west of Cordoba, with thirty parasangs between them.

من محاسن إشبيلية اعتدال الهواء، وحسن المباني، ونهرها الأعظم

Among the beauties of Seville are the moderate air, the fine buildings, and its great river.

إشبيلية عروس البلاد الأندلسية، لأن تاجها الشرف، وفي عنقها سمط النهر الأعظم

Seville is the bride of the Andalusian lands, because its crown is honor, and on its neck is the necklace of the great river.

والشابل: الأسد الذي اشتبكت أنيابه

And Al-Shābil: the lion whose fangs have become entangled.

وأيضا: الغلام الممتلئ البدن، نعمة وشبابا

And also: the youth full-bodied, with vigor and youth.

أشهرهم الإمام أبو بكر الشبلي

The most famous of them is Imam Abu Bakr Al-Shibli.

ومنهم أيضا أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن الحسين بن عبد الله بن الشبل الشبلي البغدادي الشاعر

And among them also is Abu Al-Hasan Ali bin Muhammad bin Al-Husayn bin Abdullah bin Al-Shibl Al-Shibli Al-Baghdadi the poet.

وصاحبنا الجواد الكريم المهذب علي بن محمد بن علي الشبلي الدميري

And our companion, the generous, noble Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali Al-Shibli Al-Damiri.

وشبل بن عباد المكي، مقرئها

And Shibl bin 'Abbad Al-Makki, its reciter.

قال أبو داود: ثقة، إلا أنه يرى القدر

Abu Dawud said: trustworthy, except that he holds the doctrine of Qadar (predestination).

وشبيل بن عوف بن أبي حية، أبو الطفيل الأحمسي: تابعي، أدرك النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، في الجاهلية، وشهد القادسية مع سعد

And Shubayl bin 'Awf bin Abi Hayyah, Abu Al-Tufayl Al-Ahmasi: a Tabi'i, who lived during the Jahiliyyah and witnessed the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah with Sa'd.

وشبيل بن عروة، هكذا في النسخ، والصواب: ابن عزرة الضبعي، أبو عمر والنحوي

And Shubayl bin 'Urwah, thus in the manuscripts, and the correct reading is: Ibn 'Uzrah Al-Dhub'i, Abu 'Amr Al-Nahwi.

ومنبه بن شبيل، في نسب ثقيف

And Munabbih bin Shubayl, in the genealogy of Thaqif.

وأبو شبيل: عبيد الله بن أبي مسلم: محدث

And Abu Shubayl: 'Ubayd Allah bin Abi Muslim: a hadith narrator.

لبؤة مشبل: معها أولادها

A mushbil lioness: with her cubs.

وقال أبو زيد: فيما روى أبو عبيد عنه: إذا مشى الحوار مع أمه، وقوي، فهي مشبل، يعني الأم، قال الأزهري: قيل لها: مشبل، لشفقتها على الولد

And Abu Zayd said, as narrated by Abu 'Ubayd from him: When the calf walks with its mother and becomes strong, she is mushbil, meaning the mother. Al-Azhari said: She is called mushbil due to her tenderness towards the young.

وشبل: صحابي، له حديث ضعيف، من رواية عبد الرحمن، عنه

And Shibl: a Companion, who has a weak hadith, narrated by 'Abd al-Rahman from him.

وشبل بن معبد، وقيل: ابن حامد، وقيل: ابن خليد المزني أبو البجلي: صحابي، روى عنه عبيد الله بن عبد الله

And Shibl bin Ma'bad, or it is said: Ibn Hamid, or it is said: Ibn Khalid Al-Muzani Abu Al-Bajali: a Companion, narrated by 'Ubayd Allah bin Abdullah.

وقال الذهبي في الكاشف: في أبيه أقوال، ويقال: لا صحبة له، ولذا أسقطه البخاري

And Al-Dhahabi said in Al-Kashif: There are differing opinions about his father, and it is said he has no companionship (with the Prophet), and therefore Al-Bukhari omitted him.

قلت: وأورده ابن حبان في ثقات التابعين، وسمى والده خليدا، وقال: يروي عن عبد الله بن مالك الأوسي، وعنه عبيد الله بن عبد الله، والزهري

I say: And Ibn Hibban included him among the trustworthy Tabi'in, named his father Khalid, and said: He narrates from Abdullah bin Malik Al-Awsi, and from him narrated 'Ubayd Allah bin Abdullah and Al-Zuhri.

وشبيل بن الجحنبار: شاعر، ذكره المصنف في حرف الراء

And Shubayl bin Al-Jahnabar: a poet, whom the author mentioned in the letter 'Ra'.

وأبو الخير محمد بن شبيل بن أحمد ابن شبيل الشبيلي اليمامي، من شيوخ أبي سعد الإدريسي

And Abu Al-Khayr Muhammad bin Shubayl bin Ahmad Ibn Shubayl Al-Shubayli Al-Yamami, from the teachers of Abu Sa'd Al-Idrisi.

وأشبول، بالضم: قرية بمصر، منها الشمس محمد بن محمد بن إسماعيل الأشبولي البنهاوي

And Ashbul, with a damma: a village in Egypt, from which is the sun Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Isma'il Al-Ashbuli Al-Banhawi.

وشيخنا، زاهد الحرم، أبو العباس أحمد بن عبد الرحمن الأشبولي، كان عالما صالحا

And our Sheikh, the ascetic of the Haram, Abu Al-'Abbas Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Rahman Al-Ashbuli, was a righteous scholar.

وشبل: بطنان في قضاعة: أحدهما شبل بن صحار بن خولان، والثاني شبل بن يعلى بن غالب بن سعد

And Shibl: two clans within Quda'ah: one is Shibl bin Suhar bin Khawlan, and the second is Shibl bin Ya'la bin Ghalib bin Sa'd.

وأبو بكر الطهماني، المعروف بشبل: محدث

And Abu Bakr Al-Tahmani, known as Shibl: a hadith narrator.

وعبد الله بن شبل بن عمر و: صحابي، من نقباء الأنصار

And Abdullah bin Shibl bin 'Amr: a Companion, from the leaders of the Ansar.

وأبو شبل: علقمة بن قيس، تابعي، ثقة

And Abu Shibl: 'Alqamah bin Qays, a Tabi'i, trustworthy.