رِيبَالٌ

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رِيبَالٌ The lion; . as also رِئْبَالٌ, which is the original form, (M in art. رأبل, q. v.,) derived from رَأْبَلَةٌ signifying “ wickedness, ” &c.: Aboo-Sa'eed says that it is allowable to omit the ء [and substitute for it ى]: [and Az says,] thus I have heard it pronounced by the Arabs, without ء: or, accord. to Skr, it signifies a fleshy and young lion: the pl. is رَيَابِلَةٌ and رَيَابِيلُ: and hence رَيَابِيلُ العَرَبِ, meaning Those, of the Arabs, who used to go on hostile, or hostile and plundering, expeditions, upon their feet [and alone]. (TA. [See also رَبِيلٌ; and see Q. 2 in art. رأبل.]) It is also applied as an epithet to a wolf: and to a thief: accord. to Lth, because of their boldness: or as meaning Malignant, guileful, or crafty. Applied to an old, or elderly, man, it means Advanced in age, or weak, or feeble. Also One who is the only offspring of his mother.
2 Applied to herbage, Tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, and tall.

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