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شِبْلٌ

Root: شبل

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شِبْلٌ The whelp, or young one, of the lion: or the young one of the lion when it has attained to the seeking, or taking, of prey: [and Freytag says, on the authority of Meyd, of any wild beast:] pl. أَشْبَالٌ and أَشْبُلٌ [both properly pls. of pauc.] and [pl. of mult.] شُبُولٌ and شِبَالٌ.
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