خَبَالٌ

Corruptness, unsoundness, or a vitiated or disordered state, [in an absolute sense;] (S, Msb, TA;) said in the O and the Mufradát [of Er-Rághib] to be the primary signification; (TA;) as also ↓ خَبَلٌ (Ham p. 542) and ↓ خَبْلٌ, of which last the plural is خُبُولٌ: (S:) [and particularly in the reason, or intellect: (see خَبِلَ, of which it is a verbal noun:)] and in actions, as well as in bodies and in minds: (TA:) or, primarily, such as is incident to an animal, occasioning him agitation like that of possession or insanity, by disease affecting the reason and thought; as also ↓ خَبَلٌ and ↓ خَبْلٌ: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or ↓ خَبَلٌ signifies possession, or insanity; (K;) and so ↓ خَبْلٌ (JK, Msb, K) and ↓ خُبْلٌ (K) and خَبَالٌ; (Msb;) or ↓ خَبَلٌ signifies an affection, in the heart, resembling possession or insanity; (Az, TA;) or egregious stupidity or foolishness, without possession or insanity; (TA;) and ↓ خَبْلٌ also signifies a state, or quality, resembling possession or insanity, such as stupidity, or foolishness; and heedlessness, or weakness of intellect, and the like. (Msb.) مَا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًا, in the Qur'an, 9:47, means They had not added to you aught save corruption and evil. (Bd, TA.) And لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا, in the same [iii. 114], They will not fall short, or flag, or be remiss, in corrupting, or vitiating, your affairs. (TA.)

Hence, (TA,) Loss, or a state of diminution; synonym نُقْصَانٌ: (O, K, Er-Rághib:) or this is the primary signification. (TA.)

And hence, (TA,) A state of perdition or destruction: (O, K, Er-Rághib:) or a thing's going, passing, or wasting, away; or being consumed or destroyed. (Zj, TA.)

Also The condition of a well when it is hollowed in the sides, and old, so that sometimes the bucket enters into its hollowed part and becomes lacerated. (Fr, K.)

And Fatigue, weariness, distress, embarrassment, affliction, trouble, or difficulty. (JK, S, O, K.) So in the saying, فُلَانٌ خَبَالٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ [Such a one is a cause of fatigue, &c., to his family]. (JK, * S, O.)

And A deadly poison. (IAar, K.)

And The fluid squeezed, or wrung, (IAar, TA,) or flowing, (S, K. TA,) from the inhabitants of Hell, or from their skins. (IAar, S, K, TA.) [See also رَدَغَةٌ.]