إشبيلية

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sep̄ela⁠/, “plain, valley”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔiʃ.biː.li.ja/
- (Morocco) IPA^(key): /ʔiʃ.biːl.ja/, (dated) /ʃbiːl.ja/

Proper noun

إِشْبِيلِيَة • (ʔišbīliya) f

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)
Synonym: (historical) حِمْص الأَنْدَلُس (ḥimṣ al-ʔandalus)

Declension

Declension of noun **إِشْبِيلِيَة** (ʔišbīliya)
singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	إِشْبِيلِيَة ʔišbīliya	—
nominative	—	إِشْبِيلِيَةُ ʔišbīliyatu	—
accusative	—	إِشْبِيلِيَةَ ʔišbīliyata	—
genitive	—	إِشْبِيلِيَةَ ʔišbīliyata	—

Descendants

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: Sevilha
- Galician: Sevilla
- Portuguese: Sevilha
→ Spanish: Sevilla
→ Sicilian: Xibilia
- → Sicilian: Scibbilia (Italianized spelling)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “إشبيلية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN