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1 عَبُلَ ذ , [aor. عَبُلَ ,] (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَبَالَةٌ, (S, O, Msb,) He, or it, was, or became, large, big, bulky, or thick; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also عَبَلَ, aor. عَبُلَ , (K,) inf. n. عُبُولٌ; (TK;) and عَبِلَ, aor. عَبَلَ , (K,) inf. n. عَبَلٌ. (TA.) -A2- عَبَلَهُ, (Az, O, * K,) [aor., app., عَبِلَ , as in other senses of the trans. verb,] inf. n. عَبْلٌ, (Az, TA,) He cut it, or cut it off, (Az, O, * K,) so as to extirpate it: this is the primary signification [of the trans. verb]. (Az, TA.) ↓ عَبَلَتْهُ عَبُولُ , (O, K, [but in the copies of the K erroneously written عَبُولٌ,]) said of a man when he has died, (O,) means, (K,) or is like, (O,) شَعَبَتْهُ شَعُوبُ [Death separated him from his companions; or, accord. to the primary signification of the verb, death cut him off, or extirpated him]; (O;) or اِشْتَعَبَتْهُ شَعُوبٌ. (K. [But correctly as in the O.]) ― -b2- عَبَلَ الشَّجَرَةَ, aor. عَبِلَ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. عَبْلٌ, (S, O,) He removed the leaves from the tree; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ عَبَّلَهَا . (CK: but not in my MS. copy of the K, nor in the TA.) ― -b3- And عَبَلَهُ, (IAar, O, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He repelled it; (IAar, O, K;) namely, a thing. (K.) [See also the pass. part. n., below.] ― -b4- And He, or it, hindered, prevented, impeded, or withheld, him; (O, K, TA;) and diverted him by occupying him otherwise. (TA.) One says, مَا عَبَلَكَ i. e. What diverted thee by occupying thee otherwise? and hindered thee, &c.? (TA.) ― -b5- And عَبَلْتُ الحَبْلَ, inf. n. عَبْلٌ, I twisted the rope. (S, O.) -A3- عَبَلْتُ السَّهْمَ, (Ks, S, O, K,) aor. عَبِلَ , (Ks, O, TA,) inf. n. عَبْلٌ, (TA,) I put, or made, to the arrow a مِعْبَلَة. (Ks, S, O, K.) ― -b2- And عَبَلْتُهُ I shot him, or shot at him, with a مِعْبَلَة. (O.) -A4- عَبَلَ بِهِ He went away with, or took away, him, or it. (O, K.) -A5- عبل الشَّجَرُ [app. عَبَلَ, but perhaps a mistranscription for أَعْبَلَ, q. v.,] The trees put forth their leaves: on the authority of Az. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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