Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَبِلٌ

Root: ابل

Full Definition

أَبِلٌ Skilled in the good management of camels and of sheep or goats; as also آبِلٌ : and أَبِلٌ بِالإِبِلِ, and in poetry إِبْلٌ , skilled in the management, or care, of camels.
2 A man possessing camels; as also آبِلٌ , similar to تَامِرٌ and لَابِنٌ, but this is disapproved by Fr; and إِبَلِىٌّ , with fet-h to the ب because several kesrehs together are deemed uncouth; in the K, erroneously, أَبَلِىٌّ , with two fet-hahs; and إِبِلِىٌّ also, with two kesrehs.
3 بَعِيرٌ أَبِلٌ A fleshy he-camel.
4 نَاقَةٌ أبِلَةٌ A she-camel blessed, prospered, or made to have increase, in respect of offspring. In one place in the K, مِنَ الوَلَدِ is put for فِى الوَلَدِ.


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