Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَلْسَبِيلُ

Root: سبل

Full Definition

سَلْسَبِيلُ the name of A certain fountain in Paradise: determinate; [without tenween;] but occurring at the end of a verse of the Kur [lxxvi. 18], and being with fet-h, ا is added to it, for the sake of conformity [with the endings of other verses before and after it]. See also art. سلسبل.


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