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تَرَأْبَلَ

Root: رأبل

Form: Q. 2

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تَرَأْبَلَ
Q. 2
: see above.
2 Also He made a raid, or a sudden attack, upon people, and acted like the lion: (S and TA in art. ربل:) and so, accord. to Fr, تَرَيْبَلَ. And تَرَأْبَلُوا They practised theft, and made raids, or sudden attacks, upon people, and acted like the lion. And They went on a hostile, or hostile and plundering, expedition, upon their feet, and alone, without any commander over them. (M, K. [See رَبِيلٌ and رِيبَالٌ, in art. ربل.])
3 [ترأبل, said of a lion, occurs in the “ Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen, ” accord. to Freytag, as meaning He had perfect teeth.]
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