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دِبْلٌ

Root: دبل

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دِبْلٌ A calamity, or misfortune; as also دُبَيْلَةٌ , in which the dim. form denotes enhancement; and دَبُولٌ : pl. of the first دُبُولٌ: whence the saying, دَبَلَتْهُ الدُّبُولُ: see 1, latter part. Also The state of being bereft of a child, or of a person beloved, by death. See دَبِيلٌ, in four places.
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