عَبُلَ

, [aorist عَبُلَ ,] (S, O, Msb, K,) verbal noun عَبَالَةٌ, (S, O, Msb,) He, or it, was, or became, large, big, bulky, or thick; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also عَبَلَ, aorist عَبُلَ , (K,) verbal noun عُبُولٌ; (TK;) and عَبِلَ, aorist عَبَلَ , (K,) verbal noun عَبَلٌ. (TA.)

-A2- عَبَلَهُ, (Az, O, * K,) [aorist, apparently, عَبِلَ , as in other senses of the transitive verb,] verbal noun 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 transitive 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, according 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.])

عَبَلَ الشَّجَرَةَ, aorist عَبِلَ , (S, O, K,) verbal noun 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.)

And عَبَلَهُ, (IAar, O, K,) aorist and verbal noun as above, (TA,) He repelled it; (IAar, O, K;) namely, a thing. (K.) [See also the pass. particle n., below.]

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.)

And عَبَلْتُ الحَبْلَ, verbal noun عَبْلٌ, I twisted the rope. (S, O.)

-A3- عَبَلْتُ السَّهْمَ, (Ks, S, O, K,) aorist عَبِلَ , (Ks, O, TA,) verbal noun عَبْلٌ, (TA,) I put, or made, to the arrow a مِعْبَلَة. (Ks, S, O, K.)

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 [apparently عَبَلَ, but perhaps a mistranscription for أَعْبَلَ, q. v.,] The trees put forth their leaves: on the authority of Az. (TA.)