جبيل

See also: جبیل

Arabic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋 (gbl), reshaped as if an Arabic diminutive of Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”), which the Phoenician term is nonetheless of the same root as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒu.bajl/

Proper noun

جُبَيْل • (jubayl) f

  1. Byblos (a port city in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon)

Declension

Declension of noun جُبَيْل (jubayl)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal — جُبَيْل
jubayl 		—
nominative — جُبَيْلُ
jubaylu 		—
accusative — جُبَيْلَ
jubayla 		—
genitive — جُبَيْلَ
jubayla 		—

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: Cübeyl
  • → English: Jubayl
  • → Persian: جبیل (jobeyl)
  • → Tajik: Ҷубайл (Jubayl)
  • → Urdu: جبیل (jubail)
  • → Uzbek: Jubayl

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جُبَيْل (jubayl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

جبيل • (jbayl) f

  1. Byblos (a port city in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon)
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