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بُلَّةٌ أبله بل بله بلة : see بَلَلٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and see also بَلَّةٌ, in two places. ― -b3- Also A state of moisture. (M.) ― -b4- The moisture of fresh pasture. (S, M, K.) The rájiz (Iháb Ibn-'Omeyr, TA) says, describing [wild] asses, “ وَ فَارَقَتْهَا بُلَّةُ الأَوَابِلِ
حَتَّى إِِذَا أَهْرَأْنَ بِالأَصَائِلِ
” meaning that they went in the cool of the evening to the water after that the herbage had dried up: الاوابل means the wild animals that are satisfied with green pasture, so as to be in no need of water. (S.)

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