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استبال

Root: بول

Form: 10

Full Definition

استبالX He desired, or required, to make water.
2 See also 4, in two places.
3 El-Farezdak says, وَ إِنَّ الَّذِى يَسْعَى لِيُفْسِدَ زَوْجَتِى كَسَاعٍ إِلَى أُسْدِ الشَّرَى يَسْتَبِيلُهَا meaning [And verily he who strives to corrupt my wife is like one betaking himself to the lions of Esh-Sharà ] to receive their urine in his hand.
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