س ب لs-b-l
(ن) سَبَلَ يَسْبُلُ سَبْلًاsabala yasbulu sablan: to flow; to stream along.
سَبِيْلٌsabīl pl. سُبُلٌsubul (on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): several senses: (1) an easy path; an open road; اِبْنُ السَّبِيْلِibnu as-sabīl: a traveller. ﴿وَابْنَ السَّبِيْلِ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:177) (2) a way; a method. ﴿قُلْ هٰذِهِۦ سَبِيْلِيْٓ اَدْعُوْٓا اِلَي اللّٰهِ﴾ (Yūsuf 12:108); ﴿وَقَاتِلُوْا فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:190) (3) a means (4) a charge; a means of getting a hold over someone. ﴿مَا عَلَي الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ مِنْ سَبِيْلٍ﴾ (At-Tawbah 9:91)