خَبِلٌ

1.
and أَخْبَلُ (K, TA) Corrupted, unsound, vitiated, or disordered, [in an absolute sense; and particularly] in his reason, or intellect; as also مَخْبُولٌ: (TA:) [or in a corrupt, an unsound, a vitiated, or a disordered, state, occasioning him agitation like that of possession or insanity, by disease affecting the reason and thought: (see خَبَالٌ, below:) and hence,] possessed, or insane; (K, TA;) as also مُخَبَّلٌ and مُخْتَبِلٌ: (TA:) or مُخَبَّلٌ signifies a man having no heart; (JK;) as also مَخْبُولٌ: (JK, Msb:) or this last, haring one of his limbs, or members, corrupted, rendered unsound, vitiated, or disordered: (Msb:) and خَبِلٌ and مُخَبَّلٌ signify also a beast corrupted, rendered unsound, vitiated, or disordered, in the legs, so as not to know how to walk: (JK:) or مُخَبَّلٌ signifies a man who is as though his extremities were amputated. (S.)
2.
دَهْرٌ خَبِلٌ (tropical:) A time difficult to the people thereof; (T, S, K, TA;) in which they see not happiness. (T, TA.)

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