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