Quran glossary · draft

سلسبيل

Salsabil

Salsabil, the proper name of a spring in the Garden.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Lemmas: سلسبيل

Forms: سَلْسَبِيلًا

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

76:18

عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا

Where other meanings fail

spring

76:18

عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا

Alternative: a spring in it called Spring

Research rendering: a spring in it called Salsabil

The head noun already identifies the entity as a spring; the naming complement contributes its proper name.

descriptive adjective

76:18

عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا

Alternative: a spring in it described as a spring-quality

Research rendering: a spring in it called Salsabil

The passive verb explicitly establishes naming, not ordinary quality predication.