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ثِلْبٌ ثلب Blamed; reprehended; found fault with; charged with a fault, vice, or the like; as also ↓ ثَلِبٌ ; applied to a man. (M, K.) ― -b2- Also A camel extremely old, or old and weak, (M, A,) and having his teeth much broken: (M:) or a camel whose canine teeth are broken (S, K) much (K) by reason of extreme old age, or age and weakness, and the hair of whose tail has fallen off by degrees: (S, K:) fem. with ة; (S, M, K;) but some disallow this, and say that the female is termed نَابٌ: (M:) pl. [of pauc.] أَثْلَابٌ (M, K) and [of mult.] ثِلَبَةٌ. (S, K.) ― -b3- Hence, (A,) (tropical:) A man extremely old, or old and weak, (A, TA,) whose teeth are much broken: (TA:) or an aged man; a man advanced in years: (IAar, M, K:) [said to be] of the dial. of Hudheyl; but IAar mentions it without assigning it to the dial. of any particular tribe of the Arabs. (M.) ― -b4- Also A camel that does not impregnate. (M, K. *) ― -b5- See also what next follows.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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