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دَبْلٌ

Root: دبل

Full Definition

دَبْلٌ A rivulet, or streamlet: pl. دُبُولٌ: so called because cleansed, and put into a right, or proper, state [when needing].

def.2 Plague, or pestilence; syn. طَاعُونٌ.

def.3 مَا لَهُ دَبَلَ دَبْلُهُ: see 1, last sentence but one.
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