سربال

Arabic

Etymology

Iranian in origin, but the details are not understood; it is pre-Islamic, probably from Aramaic סַרְבְּלָא (sarbəlā), סַרְבַּלָא (sarbalā, “mantle; trousers”) or Aramaic סַרְבֵּל (sarbel, “to cloth with a mantle; to clothe with trousers”), and it is possible that the verbs came before the noun in Arabic and the noun is deverbal. Regard Persian شلوار (šalvâr, “trousers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sir.baːl/

Noun

سِرْبَال • (sirbāl) m (plural سَرَابِيل (sarābīl))

1. clothing, anything that is worn on the body (tops, trousers, dresses, armours, etc.)

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِرْبَال sirbāl	السِّرْبَال as-sirbāl	سِرْبَال sirbāl
Nominative	سِرْبَالٌ sirbālun	السِّرْبَالُ as-sirbālu	سِرْبَالُ sirbālu
Accusative	سِرْبَالًا sirbālan	السِّرْبَالَ as-sirbāla	سِرْبَالَ sirbāla
Genitive	سِرْبَالٍ sirbālin	السِّرْبَالِ as-sirbāli	سِرْبَالِ sirbāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِرْبَالَيْن sirbālayn	السِّرْبَالَيْن as-sirbālayn	سِرْبَالَيْ sirbālay
Nominative	سِرْبَالَانِ sirbālāni	السِّرْبَالَانِ as-sirbālāni	سِرْبَالَا sirbālā
Accusative	سِرْبَالَيْنِ sirbālayni	السِّرْبَالَيْنِ as-sirbālayni	سِرْبَالَيْ sirbālay
Genitive	سِرْبَالَيْنِ sirbālayni	السِّرْبَالَيْنِ as-sirbālayni	سِرْبَالَيْ sirbālay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَابِيل sarābīl	السَّرَابِيل as-sarābīl	سَرَابِيل sarābīl
Nominative	سَرَابِيلُ sarābīlu	السَّرَابِيلُ as-sarābīlu	سَرَابِيلُ sarābīlu
Accusative	سَرَابِيلَ sarābīla	السَّرَابِيلَ as-sarābīla	سَرَابِيلَ sarābīla
Genitive	سَرَابِيلَ sarābīla	السَّرَابِيلِ as-sarābīli	سَرَابِيلِ sarābīli

Declension of noun سِرْبَال (sirbāl)

Related terms

• سَرْبَلَ (sarbala, “to clothe, to cover”)
• تَسَرْبَلَ (tasarbala, “to clothe oneself, to garb oneself”)

References

• “srbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “srbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎ (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 202–203
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 47
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 2
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سربال”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 305
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 168–169
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سربال”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1343