سبيل

Meaning

1. way, path, road
2. manner, method
3. ways and means
4. kinship
5. necessary connection
6. distribution of water
7. public fountain
8. blame

Concepts

road

🛣️

way

for the sake of

Synonyms

أجل

طريق

درب

🛣️

Translations

via

Pfad

🛣️

Weg

🛣️

wegen

halber

willen

οδός

στράτα

chaussée

chemin

🛣️

route

🛣️

voie

pour l'amour de

dans l'intérêt de

per il bene di

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.biːl/

Etymology

From the root س ب ل (s b l). Given the frequent religious usage of the word, there is some semantic interference of the Classical Syriac ܫܒܝܠܐ (šəbīlā). Cognate to Aramaic שְׁבִילׇא (šəḇīlā), Hebrew שְׁבִיל (šəḇī́l, “trail, path”).