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رَبِلٌ ذ , applied to a man, Fleshy: (A'Obeyd, S, TA:) or fleshy and fat. (TA. [See also رَبِيلٌ.]) And [in like manner the fem.] رَبِلَةٌ, as also ↓ مَتَرَبِّلَةٌ , Fleshy (M, K) and fat; applied to a woman. (M.) And رَبِلَةٌ applied to a woman signifies also Large in the رَبَلَات [pl. of رَبَلَةٌ, q. v.]; (Lth, T, M, K;) as also ↓ رَبْلَأءُ : (M, K:) or both signify رَفْغَآءُ; (O, K; [in the CK, erroneously, رَقْعاءُ;]) i. e. narrow in the أَرْقَاغ [or groins, or inguinal creases, or the like], as expl. in the 'Eyn: (TA:) or you say رَبْلَآءُ رَفْغَآءُ, meaning [app., as seems to be implied in the context, large in the رَبَلَات and] narrow in the أَرْفَاغ. (Lth, T.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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