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ص ن ب ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to cunning, trickery, and potentially a specific type of person or name. It is sparsely attested and primarily found in classical texts.

Derived headwords

الصنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    cunning personclassical

    A cunning, wily, or tricky person, someone who is deceitful.

  2. 2.
    deceitfulclassical

    Describing something or someone as deceitful or wicked.

صنبلname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name of a man from the tribe of Taghlib.

ابن صنبلname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Sunbulclassical

    A man from Basra, associated with a historical event involving Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Parallel reading

الداهي الخريت، المنكر
The cunning, the deceitful, the wicked.
صنبل، كخندف: علم رجل من تغلب
Sunbul, like Khindaf: a proper name of a man from Taghlib.
لما توعر في الكراع هجينهم ... هلهلت أثأر جابرا أو صنبلا
When their mixed-breed fell into the mire... I vowed to avenge Jabir or Sunbul.
الهجين هو امرؤ القيس بن الحمام، وجابر وصنبل: من بني تغلب
The mixed-breed is Imru' al-Qais ibn al-Humam, and Jabir and Sunbul are from the Banu Taghlib.
وابن صنبل: رجل من أهل البصرة
And Ibn Sunbul: a man from the people of Basra.
وأحرق جارية بن قدامة وهو من أصحاب علي رضي الله تعالى عنه خمسين رجلا من أهل البصرة في داره
And Jarir ibn Qudamah, who was one of the companions of Ali, may God Almighty be pleased with him, burned fifty men from the people of Basra in his house.