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رَبِيلٌ

Root: ربل

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رَبِيلٌ Fleshy; applied to a man: or corpulent, large in body, or big-bodied; so applied: and with ة fat; applied to a woman. (TT, as from the T; but wanting in a copy of the T. [See also رَبِلٌ.])
2 [Also] A thief who goes on a hostile, or hostile and plundering, expedition, against a party, by himself. (M, K. [See also رِيبَالٌ; and see Q. 2 in art. رأبل.])
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