وابل

Arabic

Etymology
Root
و ب ل (w-b-l)

Derived from the active participle of the verb وَبَلَ (wabala, “to rain heavily”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /waː.bil/

Noun

وَابِل • (wābil) m (plural أَوَابِل (ʔawābil) or وَابِلُونَ (wābilūna))

  1. heavy rain, downpour
    Synonym: وَبْل (wabl)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:265:
      وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ٱبْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاةِ ٱللّٰهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَآتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِن لَمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ
      wamaṯalu llaḏīna yunfiqūna ʔamwālahumu btiḡāʔa marḍāti llāhi wataṯbītan min ʔanfusihim kamaṯali jannatin birabwatin ʔaṣābahā wābilun faʔātat ʔukulahā ḍiʕfayni faʔin lam yuṣibhā wābilun faṭallun
      Mustafa Khattab: And the example of those who donate their wealth, seeking Allah’s pleasure and believing the reward is certain, is that of a garden on a fertile hill: when heavy rain falls, it yields up twice its normal produce. If no heavy rain falls, a drizzle is sufficient.
    • 1954, مُحَمَّد مَهْدِيّ الْجَوَاهِرِيّ [muḥammad mahdiyy al-jawāhiriyy], “اَلرَّاعِي [ar-rāʕī]”, in سَعِيد عَلِيّ [saʕīd ʕaliyy], editor, دِيوَان اَلْجَوَاهِرِيّ [dīwān al-jawāhiriyy], part 2, Lebanon: اَلْمَكْتَبَة الْعَصْرِيَّة [al-maktaba(t) al-ʕaṣriyya], published October 1967, →OCLC, pages 121-122:
      أَبَدًا تَشِيمُ الْجَوَّ تَعْرِفُ / عِنْدَهُ خِصْبًا وَمَحْلَا
      وَتَكَادُ تَغْرِفُ وَابِلًا / حِذْقًا وَتَرْشِفُ مِنْهُ طَلَّا
      ʔabadan tašīmu l-jawwa taʕrifu / ʕindahu ḵiṣban wamaḥlā
      watakādu taḡrifu wābilan / ḥiḏqan wataršifu minhu ṭallā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (figuratively) shower, hail

Declension
Declension of noun وَابِل (wābil)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَابِل
wābil		 الْوَابِل
al-wābil		 وَابِل
wābil
Nominative وَابِلٌ
wābilun		 الْوَابِلُ
al-wābilu		 وَابِلُ
wābilu
Accusative وَابِلًا
wābilan		 الْوَابِلَ
al-wābila		 وَابِلَ
wābila
Genitive وَابِلٍ
wābilin		 الْوَابِلِ
al-wābili		 وَابِلِ
wābili
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَابِلَيْن
wābilayn		 الْوَابِلَيْن
al-wābilayn		 وَابِلَيْ
wābilay
Nominative وَابِلَانِ
wābilāni		 الْوَابِلَانِ
al-wābilāni		 وَابِلَا
wābilā
Accusative وَابِلَيْنِ
wābilayni		 الْوَابِلَيْنِ
al-wābilayni		 وَابِلَيْ
wābilay
Genitive وَابِلَيْنِ
wābilayni		 الْوَابِلَيْنِ
al-wābilayni		 وَابِلَيْ
wābilay
Plural basic broken plural diptote‎; sound masculine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَوَابِل‎; وَابِلِين
ʔawābil‎; wābilīn		 الْأَوَابِل‎; الْوَابِلِين
al-ʔawābil‎; al-wābilīn		 أَوَابِل‎; وَابِلِي
ʔawābil‎; wābilī
Nominative أَوَابِلُ‎; وَابِلُونَ
ʔawābilu‎; wābilūna		 الْأَوَابِلُ‎; الْوَابِلُونَ
al-ʔawābilu‎; al-wābilūna		 أَوَابِلُ‎; وَابِلُو
ʔawābilu‎; wābilū
Accusative أَوَابِلَ‎; وَابِلِينَ
ʔawābila‎; wābilīna		 الْأَوَابِلَ‎; الْوَابِلِينَ
al-ʔawābila‎; al-wābilīna		 أَوَابِلَ‎; وَابِلِي
ʔawābila‎; wābilī
Genitive أَوَابِلَ‎; وَابِلِينَ
ʔawābila‎; wābilīna		 الْأَوَابِلِ‎; الْوَابِلِينَ
al-ʔawābili‎; al-wābilīna		 أَوَابِلِ‎; وَابِلِي
ʔawābili‎; wābilī
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