خَبَالٌ

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خَبَالٌ Corruptness, unsoundness, or a vitiated or disordered state, [in an absolute sense;] said in the O and the Mufradát [of Er-Rághib] to be the primary signification; as also خَبَلٌ and , of which last the pl. is خُبُولٌ: [and particularly in the reason, or intellect: (see خَبِلَ, of which it is an Verbal.Noun:)] and in actions, as well as in bodies and in minds: or, primarily, such as is incident to an animal, occasioning him agitation like that of possession or insanity, by disease affecting the reason and thought; as also خَبَلٌ and : or خَبَلٌ signifies possession, or insanity; and so and خُبْلٌ and خَبَالٌ; or خَبَلٌ signifies an affection, in the heart, resembling possession or insanity; or egregious stupidity or foolishness, without possession or insanity; and also signifies a state, or quality, resembling possession or insanity, such as stupidity, or foolishness; and heedlessness, or weakness of intellect, and the like. مَا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًا, in the Kur [ix. 47], means They had not added to you aught save corruption and evil. And لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا, in the same [iii. 114], They will not fall short, or flag, or be remiss, in corrupting, or vitiating, your affairs.
2 Hence, Loss, or a state of diminution; syn. نُقْصَانٌ: or this is the primary signification.
3 And hence, A state of perdition or destruction: or a thing's going, passing, or wasting, away; or being consumed or destroyed.
4 Also The condition of a well when it is hollowed in the sides, and old, so that sometimes the bucket enters into its hollowed part and becomes lacerated.
5 And Fatigue, weariness, distress, embarrassment, affliction, trouble, or difficulty. So in the saying, فُلَانٌ خَبَالٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ [Such a one is a cause of fatigue, &c., to his family].
6 And A deadly poison.
7 And The fluid squeezed, or wrung, or flowing, from the inhabitants of Hell, or from their skins. [See also رَدَغَةٌ.]

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