قَلَبَةٌ

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قَلَبَةٌ There is not in him any disease, thus says IAar, adding, for which he should be turned over ( ) and examined, and in this sense it is said of a camel [and the like], or on account of which he should turn over upon his bed: or there is not in him anything to disquiet him, so that he should turn over upon his bed: or thers is not in him any disease, and any fatigue, and any pain: or there is not in him anything; said of one who is sick; and the word is not used otherwise than in negative phrases: accord. to IAar, originally used in relation to a horse or the like, meaning there is not in him any disease for which his hoof should be turned upsidedown ( ) [to be examined]: or it is from القُلَابُ, the disease, so termed, that attacks camels; or from قُلِبَ [q. v.] as said of a man, and means there is not in him any disease on account of which one should fear for him. أَوْدَى الشَّبَابُ وَحُبُّ الخَالَةِ الخَلِبَهٌ وَقَدْ بَرِئْتُ فَمَا بِالقَلْبِ مِنْ قَلَبَهٌ [Youthfulness has perished, and the love of the proud and self-conceited, the very deceitful, woman, (thus the two epithets are expl. in art. خلب in the S,) and I have recovered so that there is not in the heart any disease, &c.]; meaning I have recovered from the disease of love.

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