سنبلة
Arabic
Etymology
سُنْبُل (sunbul, “ear, spike”) + ـَة (-a).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sun.bu.la/
Noun
سُنْبُلَة • (sunbula) f (singulative, collective سُنْبُل m (sunbul), plural سُنْبُلَات (sunbulāt) or سَنَابِل (sanābil))
- ear, spike (of a crop)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:261:
- مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَت سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍ
- maṯalu allaḏīna yunfiqūna ʾamwālahum fī sabīli llāhi kamaṯali ḥabbatin ʾanbatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatin miʾatu ḥabbatin
- Those who spend their wealth in the way of God are like a grain which grows seven ears, (and) in each ear a hundred grains
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Declension
Declension of noun سُنْبُلَة (sunbula)
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سُنْبُلَة sunbula | السُّنْبُلَة as-sunbula | سُنْبُلَة sunbulat |
| Nominative | سُنْبُلَةٌ sunbulatun | السُّنْبُلَةُ as-sunbulatu | سُنْبُلَةُ sunbulatu |
| Accusative | سُنْبُلَةً sunbulatan | السُّنْبُلَةَ as-sunbulata | سُنْبُلَةَ sunbulata |
| Genitive | سُنْبُلَةٍ sunbulatin | السُّنْبُلَةِ as-sunbulati | سُنْبُلَةِ sunbulati |
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سُنْبُل sunbul | السُّنْبُل as-sunbul | سُنْبُل sunbul |
| Nominative | سُنْبُلٌ sunbulun | السُّنْبُلُ as-sunbulu | سُنْبُلُ sunbulu |
| Accusative | سُنْبُلًا sunbulan | السُّنْبُلَ as-sunbula | سُنْبُلَ sunbula |
| Genitive | سُنْبُلٍ sunbulin | السُّنْبُلِ as-sunbuli | سُنْبُلِ sunbuli |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | سُنْبُلَتَيْن sunbulatayn | السُّنْبُلَتَيْن as-sunbulatayn | سُنْبُلَتَيْ sunbulatay |
| Nominative | سُنْبُلَتَانِ sunbulatāni | السُّنْبُلَتَانِ as-sunbulatāni | سُنْبُلَتَا sunbulatā |
| Accusative | سُنْبُلَتَيْنِ sunbulatayni | السُّنْبُلَتَيْنِ as-sunbulatayni | سُنْبُلَتَيْ sunbulatay |
| Genitive | سُنْبُلَتَيْنِ sunbulatayni | السُّنْبُلَتَيْنِ as-sunbulatayni | سُنْبُلَتَيْ sunbulatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سُنْبُلَات sunbulāt | السُّنْبُلَات as-sunbulāt | سُنْبُلَات sunbulāt |
| Nominative | سُنْبُلَاتٌ sunbulātun | السُّنْبُلَاتُ as-sunbulātu | سُنْبُلَاتُ sunbulātu |
| Accusative | سُنْبُلَاتٍ sunbulātin | السُّنْبُلَاتِ as-sunbulāti | سُنْبُلَاتِ sunbulāti |
| Genitive | سُنْبُلَاتٍ sunbulātin | السُّنْبُلَاتِ as-sunbulāti | سُنْبُلَاتِ sunbulāti |
| Plural of variety | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَنَابِل sanābil | السَّنَابِل as-sanābil | سَنَابِل sanābil |
| Nominative | سَنَابِلُ sanābilu | السَّنَابِلُ as-sanābilu | سَنَابِلُ sanābilu |
| Accusative | سَنَابِلَ sanābila | السَّنَابِلَ as-sanābila | سَنَابِلَ sanābila |
| Genitive | سَنَابِلَ sanābila | السَّنَابِلِ as-sanābili | سَنَابِلِ sanābili |