إشبيلية

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔiʃ.biː.li.ja/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ʔiʃ.biːl.ja/, (dated) /ʃbiːl.ja/

Proper noun

إِشْبِيلِيَة • (ʔišbīliya) f

  1. 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)
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
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