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تَبْلٌ

Root: تبل

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تَبْلٌ [originally Verbal.Noun of 1, q. v.
2 ] Enmity, or hostility, in the heart, with which one is pursued: pl. تُبُولٌ and تَبَابِيلُ , which latter is extr. You say, لِى عِنْدَهُ تَبْلٌ [He has enmity, or hostility, towards me, with which he pursues me].
3 I. q. تِرَةٌ and ذَحْلٌ [by the former of which may be intended the meaning explained above, or, as appears to be meant by the latter, blood-revenge; or retaliation of murder or homicide; or prosecution for blood; or a desire of, or seeking for, retaliation of a crime or of enmity]: pl. تُبُولٌ. التَّبْلُ as meaning الذَّحْلُ is likened by Yezeed Ibn-El- Hakam Eth-Thakafee to a debt which one should be paid. And one says, أُصِيبَ بِتَبْلٍ [He was made a victim of blood-revenge, or retaliation of murder or homicide: or, perhaps, of enmity, or hostility]. And بَيْنَهُمْ تُبُولٌ [Between them are blood-revenges, &c.].
4 Love-sickness. (Kull p. 167. [See حُبُّ.]) See 1.
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