ر
أبل
Q. 1 رَأْبَلَ.
inf. n. رَأْبَلَةٌ, He was, or became, wicked, crafty, or cunning; as also ↓ تَرَأْبَلَ. (
T in art. ربل.)
A2: رَأْبَلَةٌ (
M,
K)
inf. n. of رَأْبَلَ, said of a man; (
T,
K;) [also signifies] The walking (
M,
K) of a man (
M) inclining (
M,
K) to either side, (
M,) or to one side, (
K,) as though having the feet attenuated, and chafed, or abraded. (
M,
K. [يَتَوَخَّى in the
CK is a mistake for يَتَوَجَّى, which is expressly said in the
TA to be with جيم.])
Q. 2 تَرَأْبَلَ: 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.]
رَأْبَلَةٌ Wickedness, craftiness, or cunning, (
M, *
K,
TA,) and boldness, and insidiousness for the purpose of doing evil, or mischief. (
TA.) So in the saying, فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ رَأْبَلَتِهِ He did that by reason of his wickedness, &c. (
M,
K,
TA.) It is the
inf. n. of
Q. 1 [
q. v.]. (
T,
TK.) رِئْبَالٌ, a quadriliteral word [as to its root], (
M,
K,) of the measure فِعْلَالٌ, as is shown by their saying تَرَأْبَلُوا; (
M;) and also without ء, (
M,
K,) sometimes, (
K,) the ء being suppressed, and ى substituted for it; (
M;) The lion: (
S in art. ربل, and
M and
K:) and the wolf: (
M,
K:) or a malignant, guileful, or crafty, wolf: and
accord. to
Skr, a fleshy and young beast of prey: (
TA:) and applied as an
epithet to a thief, because of his boldness: (
M:) and also, (
K,) as some say, (
M,) one who is the only offspring of his mother: (
M,
K:)
pl. رَآبِيلُ (
S in art. ربل, and
K) and رَآبِلُ, (
K,) [the latter, probably, contracted by poetic license,] and رَآبِلَةٌ (
TA.) [See also رِيْبَالٌ, in art. ربل.]