سِرْبَالٌ
Root: سربل
Full Definition
سِرْبَالٌ
A shirt: and [so in the M, and in the Ham p. 65, but in the Msb and K “ or ”] a coat of mail: the former is the primary signification: or anything that is worn: pl. سَرَابِيلُ, which occurs in the Kur xvi. 83 [in the first and also in the second of the senses mentioned above]: and سِرْبَانٌ signifies the same as سِرْبَالٌ, the ن being, accord. to Yaakoob, a substitute for the ل.
2 In the following words of a trad. of 'Othmán, لَا أَخْلَعُ سِرْبَالًا سَرْبَلَنِيهِ ٱللّٰهُ [I will not pull off a garment with which God has invested me], it is metonymically applied to the office of Khaleefeh.
2 In the following words of a trad. of 'Othmán, لَا أَخْلَعُ سِرْبَالًا سَرْبَلَنِيهِ ٱللّٰهُ [I will not pull off a garment with which God has invested me], it is metonymically applied to the office of Khaleefeh.
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