سَبَلٌ
Root: سبل
Full Definition
سَبَلٌ
A thing that one has let loose, let down, let fall, or made to hang down, and to drag [on the ground]; like as نَشَرٌ signifies “ a thing that one has spread ” &c.: whence the trad., مَنْ جَرَّ
سَبَلَهُ مِنَ الخُيَلَآءِ لَا يَنْظُرُ ٱللّٰهُ يَوْمَ القِيٰمَةِ [He who drags what he has made to hang down of his garment from pride, or self-conceit, God will not look towards him on the day of resurrection]: or سَبَلٌ means garments made to hang down [so as to drag]; and is pl. of
سَبَلَةٌ ; [or rather a coll. gen. n. of which سَبَلَةٌ is the n. un.;] whence جَرَّ سَبَلَتَهُ, which means [He dragged his garment; though said to mean,] his garments.
2 Also
3 [Hence, app., as indicating swiftness,] سَبَلُ is the name of
4 And سَبَلٌ [or سَبَلُ as a fem. proper name] is a name for
def.2 Also i. q. سُنْبُلٌ , which signifies The ears of corn: n. un. of the former with , and so of the latter: and the pl. of سُنْبُلٌ , which is of the measure فُنْعُلٌ, is سَنَابِلُ: or this is pl. of سُنْبُلَةٌ, as also سُنْبُلَاتٌ: or سُنْبُلَةٌ [in the CK سُبْلَة] signifies an ear of corn [so I render زَرْعَةٌ (in the CK زُرْعَة)] that is bending, or inclining, as also سَبُولَةٌ [mentioned in one of my two copies of the S as syn. with سُنْبُلَةٌ but not in the other copy] and and سَبَلَةٌ ; or, accord. to Lth, سَبُولَةٌ signifies an ear (سُنْبُلَة) of millet (ذُرَة), and of rice, and the like, when bending, or inclining: and some say that سَبَلٌ signifies spreading, or expanding, awn of the سُنْبُل [or ears of corn]; or the extremities thereof; and the pl. is سُبُولٌ; or سبول is syn. with سُنْبُلٌ, in the dial. of بنو هميان [?]. is also the name of A certain sign of the Zodiac [i. e. Virgo]: (S in the present art., and K in art. سنبل:) [or Spica Virginis;] a star in Virgo; thus called by astrologers; also called السِّمَاكُ الأَعْزَلُ. (Kzw. [See art. سمك.]) الطِّيبِ is A well-known plant, [spikenard, which is called in the present day السُّنْبُلُ الهِنْدِىُّ,] brought from India. (O. [See also art. سنبل.])
2 Also sing. of أَسْبَالٌ, which signifies
3 And
def.3 Also The nose: pl. سِبَالٌ: so in the Moheet. One says, أَرْغَمَ ٱللّٰهُ سَبَلَهُ [May God make his nose to cleave to the earth, or dust: or
def.4 And Garments made of the hards, or hurds, of flax of the coarsest of qualities: and so سَبَلَةٌ [if one of these words be not a mistranscription for the other].
def.5 And A certain disease in the eye, [thus رِيحُ السَّبَلِ is expl. in the M,] resembling a film, as though it were the web of a spider, with red veins: or a film of the eye, from the swelling, or inflation, of its external veins upon the surface of the مُلْتَحِمَة, which is one of the layers of the eye, [namely, the tunica albuginea, or white of the eye, so called in the present day,] and the appearance of a web, or thing woven, between the two, [i. e. between those veins and the white tunic,] like smoke: or a film covering the eye; as though from إِسْبَالْ meaning the “ letting down ” of a veil, or curtain.
def.6 Also A reviling, or vilifying. One says, بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَهُ سَبَلٌ Between me and him is a reviling, or vilifying: so in the Moheet.
2 Also
3 [Hence, app., as indicating swiftness,] سَبَلُ is the name of
4 And سَبَلٌ [or سَبَلُ as a fem. proper name] is a name for
def.2 Also i. q. سُنْبُلٌ , which signifies The ears of corn: n. un. of the former with , and so of the latter: and the pl. of سُنْبُلٌ , which is of the measure فُنْعُلٌ, is سَنَابِلُ: or this is pl. of سُنْبُلَةٌ, as also سُنْبُلَاتٌ: or سُنْبُلَةٌ [in the CK سُبْلَة] signifies an ear of corn [so I render زَرْعَةٌ (in the CK زُرْعَة)] that is bending, or inclining, as also سَبُولَةٌ [mentioned in one of my two copies of the S as syn. with سُنْبُلَةٌ but not in the other copy] and and سَبَلَةٌ ; or, accord. to Lth, سَبُولَةٌ signifies an ear (سُنْبُلَة) of millet (ذُرَة), and of rice, and the like, when bending, or inclining: and some say that سَبَلٌ signifies spreading, or expanding, awn of the سُنْبُل [or ears of corn]; or the extremities thereof; and the pl. is سُبُولٌ; or سبول is syn. with سُنْبُلٌ, in the dial. of بنو هميان [?]. is also the name of A certain sign of the Zodiac [i. e. Virgo]: (S in the present art., and K in art. سنبل:) [or Spica Virginis;] a star in Virgo; thus called by astrologers; also called السِّمَاكُ الأَعْزَلُ. (Kzw. [See art. سمك.]) الطِّيبِ is A well-known plant, [spikenard, which is called in the present day السُّنْبُلُ الهِنْدِىُّ,] brought from India. (O. [See also art. سنبل.])
2 Also sing. of أَسْبَالٌ, which signifies
[When they sent me drawing with their buckets, and I filled them with blood to their brims]: he says, they sent me seeking to execute their blood-revenges, and I slew many: العَلَق meaningإِذْ أَرْسَلُونِى مَاتِحًا بِدِلَائِهِمْ فَمَلَأْتُهُا عَلَقًا إِلَى أَسْبَالِهَا
3 And
def.3 Also The nose: pl. سِبَالٌ: so in the Moheet. One says, أَرْغَمَ ٱللّٰهُ سَبَلَهُ [May God make his nose to cleave to the earth, or dust: or
def.4 And Garments made of the hards, or hurds, of flax of the coarsest of qualities: and so سَبَلَةٌ [if one of these words be not a mistranscription for the other].
def.5 And A certain disease in the eye, [thus رِيحُ السَّبَلِ is expl. in the M,] resembling a film, as though it were the web of a spider, with red veins: or a film of the eye, from the swelling, or inflation, of its external veins upon the surface of the مُلْتَحِمَة, which is one of the layers of the eye, [namely, the tunica albuginea, or white of the eye, so called in the present day,] and the appearance of a web, or thing woven, between the two, [i. e. between those veins and the white tunic,] like smoke: or a film covering the eye; as though from إِسْبَالْ meaning the “ letting down ” of a veil, or curtain.
def.6 Also A reviling, or vilifying. One says, بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَهُ سَبَلٌ Between me and him is a reviling, or vilifying: so in the Moheet.
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