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Q. 2 تَرَأْبَلَ ذ : see above. ― -b2- Also He made a raid, or a sudden attack, upon people, and acted like the lion: (S and TA in art. ربل:) and so, accord. to Fr, تَرَيْبَلَ. (TA in that art.) And تَرَأْبَلُوا They practised theft, (M, K, TA,) and made raids, or sudden attacks, upon people, and acted like the lion. (TA.) And (so in the M, but in the K “ or, ”) They went on a hostile, or hostile and plundering, expedition, upon their feet, and alone, without any commander over them. (M, K. [See رَبِيلٌ and رِيبَالٌ, in art. ربل.]) ― -b3- [ترأبل, said of a lion, occurs in the “ Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen, ” accord. to Freytag, as meaning He had perfect teeth.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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