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Form 1بَالَ5 senses · 1 main
maṣdarبَوْلٌmuḍāriʿيَبُولُ

Core sense — he discharged his urine, he made water; it melted, or dissolvedgenerated

1.1

maṣdar بَوْلٌ and مَبَالٌ.

He discharged his urine, he made water; said of a man, of a beast, and the like.

1.1.1figurative · مجازhe begat offspring resembling him in form and natural dispositionsبَالَ بَوْلًا شَرِيفًا فَاخِرًا

Said of a man. El-Mufaddal.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز

A poet, using the verb figuratively, says: [Canopus made water in the beverage prepared from unripe dates, and it became spoiled, or marred]

shāhid
بَالَ سُهَيْلٌ فِى الفَضِيخِ فَفَسَدْ

The meaning is that when Canopus rises [in the dawn, as it does in central Arabia early in August, the making of that beverage stops, because] the season of unripe dates has passed and they have become ripe. See the article فضخ.

بَالَ سُهَيْلٌ is also a proverb, said when winter has come. See the article خرت.

[See سُهَيْلٌ.]

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe having vent, so as to flow forthبَوْلٌ

Hence بَوَّالٌ as an adjective applied to a wine-skin; see that word below.

1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredit melted, or dissolvedبَالَ

Said of fat.

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, (T, S, &c.,) aor. يَبُولُ , (S, M, Msb,) inf. n. بَوْلٌ (M, Msb) and مَبَالٌ , (Msb,) [He urined, discharged his urine, made water, or staled;] said of a man, (M, Msb,) and of a beast, (Msb,) &c. (M.) [Hence,] بَالَ بَوْلًا شَرِيفًا فَاخِرًا He (a man) begat offspring resembling him (El-Mufaddal, T, TA) in form and natural dispositions. (El-Mufaddal, TA.) A poet, using the verb metaphorically, says, 1 [Canopus made water in the beverage prepared from unripe dates, and it became spoiled, or marred]: (M:) meaning, that when Canopus rises [aurorally, which it does, in central Arabia, early in August, the making of that beverage is stopped, for] the season of unripe dates has passed, and they have become ripe. (L in art. فضخ .) بَالَ سُهَيْلٌ is also a prov., said when winter has come. (MF in art. خرت .) [See سُهَيْلٌ .] بَالَ سُهَيْلٌ فِى الفَضِيخِ فَفَسَدْ بَوْلٌ also signifies The having vent, so as to flow forth: (K:) whence بَوَّالٌ as an epithet applied to a wine-skin: see this word below. (TA.) And بَالَ It melted, or dissolved: (K:) said of fat. (TA.)
Form 2بوّل أَصْلَ الشَّجَرَةِ1 sense

Core sense — he made water on the root, or stem, of the treegenerated

2.1

He made water on the root, or stem, of the tree. Or: he put urine at the root of the tree to make its fruit abundant.

Mentioned under the article قزح.

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(K in art. قزح ) [He made water upon the root, or stem, of the tree: or] he put urine at the root of the tree to render its fruit abundant. (TK in that art.)
Form 3لَا أُبَاوِلُهُ1 sense

Core sense — I do not let him, or it, occur to my mindgenerated

3.1

From البَالُ: I will not, or I do not, let him, or it, move, or occur to, my mind.

See لَا أُبَالِيهِ in the article بلو.

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, from البَالُ , I will not, or I do not, cause him, or it, to move, or occur to, my mind. (Z, TA in art. بلو . See لَا أُبَالِيهِ in that art.)
Form 4ابال الخَيْلِ1 sense

Core sense — he made the horses stale, he stopped them to stalegenerated

4.1he, or it, made the horses staleاستبالها

Or: he stopped the horses so that they might stale.

we will certainly make the horses stale in your courtsلَنُبِيلَنَّ الخَيْلَ فِى عرَصَاتِكُمْ

Said in threatening.

an ass staled, and made some other asses staleبَالَ حِمَارٌ فَٱسْتَبَالَ أَحْمِرَةٌ

A proverb, applied to a case in which people help one another to do what is disagreeable. Meyd.

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, and استبالها , [He, or it, made, or caused, the horses to stale: or] he stopped the horses for the purpose of [their] staling. (TA.) One says, (in threatening, PS,) لَنُبِيلَنَّ الخَيْلَ فِى عرَصَاتِكُمْ [We will assuredly make the horses to stale in your courts]. (S.) And it is said in a prov., بَالَ حِمَارٌ فَٱسْتَبَالَ أَحْمِرَةٌ An ass staled, and caused some (other) asses to stale: applied to a case in which people help one another to do what is disagreeable. (Meyd.)
Form 10استبال3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he desired, or required, to make watergenerated

10.1

He desired, or required, to make water.

10.1.1

See also Form 4, in two places.

10.1.2

El-Farezdak says: [And he who strives to corrupt my wife is like one who goes to the lions of Esh-Sharà (a certain road where those animals abound)] to receive their urine in his hand.

shāhid
وَ إِنَّ الَّذِى يَسْعَى لِيُفْسِدَ زَوْجَتِىكَسَاعٍ إِلَى أُسْدِ الشَّرَى يَسْتَبِيلُهَا
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He desired, or required, to make water. (KL.) See also 4, in two places. El-Farezdak says, 1 meaning [And verily he who strives to corrupt my wife is like one betaking himself to the lions of Esh-Sharà (a certain road abounding with those animals)] to receive their urine in his hand. (S.) وَ إِنَّ الَّذِى يَسْعَى لِيُفْسِدَ زَوْجَتِى | كَسَاعٍ إِلَى أُسْدِ الشَّرَى يَسْتَبِيلُهَا

Derived nouns 12

Nounبَالٌ6 senses · 4 main
maṣdarبَالَةٌ

Core sense — a state, condition, or case; the heart, or mind; a whalegenerated

1I cared nothing for such a thingمَا بَالَيْتُ بِكَذَا

A state, condition, or case; synonymous with حَالٌ and شَأْنٌ. Or a state, condition, or case that one cares about.

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Or a thing, or things, that one cares about.

البَالُ also signifies بَالُ النَّفْسِ, that is, care, or concern; and from this بَالَيْتُ is said to be derived, with the.

what is your state, or condition, or case?مَا بَالُكَ

[See the Kur 12:50 and 20:53; and see an example in a verse cited in this Lexicon under إِيهِ.]

with good fortune: may God make good your state, or conditionبِخَيْرٍ أَصْلَحَ ٱللّٰهُ بَالَكُمْ
and He will make good their state, or condition, in the present worldوَ يُصْلِحُ بَالَهُمْ
he is in ample and easy circumstances of lifeهُوَ رَخِىُّ البَالِ

When a man was asked in former times, “How have you entered upon the morning?” he used to give this reply.

In the Kur 47:6. (I'Ab) Or: their means of subsistence in this world, together with their reward in the world to come.

He is not straitened in circumstances, nor troubled; or he is in an easy, pleasant state or condition. See the article رخو. Or: he is easy, unstraitened, in mind.

البَالُ or رَخَآءُ البَالِ signifies ampleness and easiness of life; or البال signifies an easy, unstraitened state of the mind.

he is in an evil state, or conditionهُوَ كَاسِفُ البَالِ

Or: he is straitened in his hope, or expectation, since البال is said to signify hope, or expectation. So says El-Hawaázinee.

this is not one of the things I care aboutلَيْسَ هٰذَا مِنْ بَالِى
every honourable affair, one cared about and causing concernكُلُّ أَمْرٍ ذِى بَالٍ لَمْ يُبْدَأْ فِيهِ بِحَمْدِ ٱللّٰهِ فَهُوَ أَبْتَرُ

In a tradition: [in which a beginning is not made by praising God, is cut off from good, or prosperity]. Or: every affair of importance, or moment.

Qur’ān 12:50 approximate — somewhere between 12:42 and 12:61 Lane cites “Kur xii. 50”
Qur’ān 12:50 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّـٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ

So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when the messenger came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, and ask him, 'What is the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands'? For my Lord is certainly well aware of their snare."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1it (an affair, or a thing) occurred to, or moved, my heart or mindخَطَرَ بِبَالِى

Also the heart, or mind; synonymous with قَلْبٌ, خَلَدٌ, نَفْسٌ and خَاطِرٌ.

it occurred to, or stirred in, my heart or mindعَلَى بَالِى
that affair did not occur to me, it did not move or distress meلَمْ يَخْطُرْ بِبَالِى ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرُ
such a one does not occur to, or move, my heart or mindمَا يَخْطُرُ فُلَانٌ بِبَالِى
1.2give me your mind, or attentionأَعْطِنِى بَالَكَ
I do not give, or pay, any attention to him, or itلَا أُلْقِى إِلَيْهِ بَالًا

And hence, mind, or attention.

See the article بلو.

2

The whale; a great fish, one of the fish of the بَحْر [here meaning sea]; a bulky fish called جَمَلُ البَحْرُ, fifty cubits long.

[Kzw describes it as being from four hundred to five hundred cubits long, and says that it sometimes shows the end of its fin, like a great sail, and its head as well, and blows out water rising higher into the air than an arrow can be shot; he gives these and other exaggerated details in his account of the Sea of the Zenj, and in a later place says that it eats ambergris and dies as a result, and that a great quantity of oil is got from its brain and used for lamps.]

The word in this sense is not Arabic; in the O it is said to be arabicized, from the Persian وَالْ.

3a spade with which one works in land of seed-produceمَرّ

[In the CK written by mistake مُرّ.]

4

See also بَالَةٌ, in three places.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَال
12:50
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّـٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ

So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when the messenger came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, and ask him, 'What is the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands'? For my Lord is certainly well aware of their snare."

20:51
قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

(Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"

47:2
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۙ كَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَأَصْلَحَ بَالَهُمْ

But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and believe in the (Revelation) sent down to Muhammad - for it is the Truth from their Lord,- He will remove from them their ills and improve their condition.

47:5
سَيَهْدِيهِمْ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَهُمْ

Soon will He guide them and improve their condition,

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A state, condition, or case; syn. حَالٌ (T, S, Msb, K) and شَأْنٌ : (T:) or a state, condition, or case, for which one cares; wherefore one says, مَا بَالَيْتُ بِكَذَا , inf. n. بَالَةٌ , meaning “ I cared not for such a thing: ” (TA:) or a thing [or things] for which one cares: (Har p. 94:) and البَالُ signifies also بَالُ النَّفْسِ , i. e. care, or concern; and hence is [said to be] derived بَالَيْتُ , having for its inf. n. بَالَةٌ . (T.) One says, مَا بَالُكَ What is thy state, or condition, or case? (S.) [See the Kur xii. 50 and xx. 53: and see an ex. in a verse cited in this Lex. voce إِيهِ .] When it was said to a man, in former times, “ How hast thou entered upon the morning? ” he used to reply, بِخَيْرٍ أَصْلَحَ ٱللّٰهُ بَالَكُمْ [With good fortune: may God make good your state, or condition]. (Ham p. 77.) وَ يُصْلِحُ بَالَهُمْ , in the Kur [xlvii. 6], means And He will make good their state, or condition, in the present world: (I'Ab, T:) or their means of subsistence in the present world, together with their recompense in the world to come. (M.) One says also, هُوَ رَخِىُّ البَالِ He is in ample and easy circumstances (T, Msb) of life; (T;) he is not straitened in circumstances, nor troubled: (T:) or he is in an easy, or a pleasant, state or condition: (TA in art. رخو :) or he is easy, or unstraitened, in mind: (S:) [for] البَالُ , (T, M, K,) or رَخَآءُ البَالِ , (TA,) signifies ampleness and easiness of life: (T, M, K, TA:) or البال signifies an easy, or unstraitened, state of the mind. (S.) And هُوَ كَاسِفُ البَالِ He is in an evil state or condition: (TA:) or he is straitened in his hope, or expectation: for البال is said to signify hope, or expectation: (T:) so says El-Hawaázinee. (TA.) And لَيْسَ هٰذَا مِنْ بَالِى This is not of the things for which I care. (S.) And it is said in a trad., كُلُّ أَمْرٍ ذِى بَالٍ لَمْ يُبْدَأْ فِيهِ بِحَمْدِ ٱللّٰهِ فَهُوَ أَبْتَرُ , i. e., Every honourable affair, for which one cares, and by which one is rendered solicitous, [in which a beginning is not made by praising God, is cut off from good, or prosperity:] or every affair of importance, or moment. (TA in two places in this art.) Also The heart, or mind; syn. قَلْبٌ , (T, S, Msb, K,) and خَلَدٌ , (Ham pp. 76 and 77,) and نَفْسٌ , (AZ, T,) and خَاطِرٌ . (M, K, Kull p. 179.) You say, خَطَرَ بِبَالِى , (Msb, Kull ubi suprà,) and عَلَى بَالِى , (Kull ibid.,) i. e., [It (an affair, or a thing, Kull) occurred to, or bestirred itself in, or moved,] my heart, or mind. (Msb, Kull.) And لَمْ يَخْطُرْ بِبَالِى ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرُ , i. e., [That affair did not occur to, or] did not move me, or distress me. (T.) And مَا يَخْطُرُ فُلَانٌ بِبَالِى , i. e. [Such a one does not occur to, or move,] my heart, or mind. (S.) [And hence, Mind, or attention. You say, أَعْطِنِى بَالَكَ Give me thy mind, or attention. And] لَا أُلْقِى إِلَيْهِ بَالًا [I will not, or I do not, give, or pay, any attention to him, or it]. (Z, TA in art. بلو .) [The whale;] a great fish, (S, K,) of the fish of the بَحْر [here meaning sea]; (S;) a certain bulky fish, called جَمَلُ البَحْرُ ; (M;) it is a fish fifty cubits long: (MF:) [Kzw describes it as being from four hundred to five hundred cubits in length, and says that it sometimes shows the extremity of its fin, like a great sail, and its head also, and blows forth water rising into the air higher than an arrow can be shot: these and other exaggerated particulars he mentions in his account of the Sea of the Zenj: and in a later place he says, that it eats ambergris, and dies in consequence; and a great quantity of oil is procured from its brain, and used for lamps:] the word [in this sense] is not Arabic: (S:) in the O it is said to be arabicized, from [the Persian] وَالْ . (TA.) The spade ( مَرّ [in the CK erroneously written مُرّ ]) with which one works in land of seed-produce. (M, K.) See also بَالَةٌ , in three places.
Nounبَوْلٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — urine; offspring; a large numbergenerated

1

Originally a maṣdar: urine, stale. Plural أَبْوَالٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe seminal fluid of mulesأَبْوَالُ البِغَالِ

And hence, by comparison with it, because it is fruitless: the سَرَاب [or mirage; in the CK الشَّرابُ].

It is also applied to the road of El-Yemen, which is travelled only by mules; see also the article بغل.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredcow's milkبَوْلُ العَجُوزِ
1.3figurative · مجازoffspringبَوْلٌ
1.4figurative · مجاز

And a large number.

1.5

See also أَبْوَلُ.

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, originally an inf. n., (Msb,) [Urine; stale:] pl. أَبْوَالٌ . (S, Msb, K.) أَبْوَالُ البِغَالِ The seminal fluid of mules. (As, TA.) And hence, as being likened thereto, because it is fruitless, (As, TA,) The سَرَاب [or mirage: in the CK الشَّرابُ ]. (As, K, TA.) It is also applied to the road of El-Yemen, which is not travelled but by mules: see also art. بغل . (TA.) بَوْلُ العَجُوزِ Cow's milk. (TA.) بَوْلٌ signifies also Offspring. (M, K, TA.) And A large number. (K, TA.) See also أَبْوَلُ .
Nounبَالَةٌ6 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a flask, or bottle; a bag for musk; a staff with an iron pointgenerated

1

A flask, or bottle, such as is called قَارُورَة; plural, or rather a collective noun, بَالٌ.

1.1

A bag such as is called جِرَاب, small or large, in which musk is put; or the receptacle of perfume.

A Persian word, arabicized; in Persian بِيْلَه or بَالَه. Plural, or rather a collective noun, بَالٌ.

1.2

It is said to signify also an odour, a smell; on the authority of Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer.

From بَلَوْتُهُ, meaning “I smelled it, and tried, proved, or tested, it”; originally بَلْوَةٌ, the و being transposed and changed into ا.

1.3

And a staff with a pointed iron at the end, used by the hunters of El-Basrah, who throw it at the game; plural, or rather a collective noun, بَالٌ.

1.4

And hence the vulgar apply it to a small elongated sword.

2

It is also a maṣdar of بَالَى, which see in its own article.

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A [flask, or bottle, such as is called] قَارُورَة : (M, K:) pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ . (TA.) A [bag such as is called] جِرَاب , (T,M, K,) small and large, in which mush is put: (T:) or (M [in the K “ and ”]) the receptacle of perfume: (S, M, K:) a Persian word, (S, M,) arabicized; (S;) in Persian بِيْلَه , (T, S, M,) or بَالَه : (M:) pl. [or coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ . (T.) It is said to signify also An odour; a smell; (T;) on the authority of Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer; (TA;) from بَلَوْتُهُ meaning “ I smelled it, and tried, proved, or tested, it; ” originally بَلْوَةٌ ; the و being transposed, and changed into ا . (T.) And A staff with a pointed iron at the end, used by the hunters of El-Basrah, who throw it at the game: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] بَالٌ . (T, TA.) And hence it is applied by the vulgar to A small elongated sword. (TA.) It is also an inf. n. of بَالَى , which see in its proper art. (TK.)
Nounبَوْلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the origin, or the daughter, of a mangenerated

1

The origin, مَنْبِت [so in copies of the K according to the TA], or the daughter, بِنْت [so in some copies of the K], of a man; on the authority of El-Mufaddal.

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The origin ( مَنْبِت [so in copies of the K accord. to the TA)] or daughter ( بِنْت [so in some copies of the K]) of a man; (K;) on the authority of El-Mufaddal. (TA.)
Nounبِيلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a discharging of urine, or a manner of discharging itgenerated

1he is one who has a good mode of discharging his urineإِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ البِيلَةِ

A noun from بَالَ [meaning a discharging of urine, making water, or staling; or a mode, or manner, of doing so, as seems likely from its form, and from J's adding that it is] like جِلْسَةٌ and رِكْبَةٌ.

From البَوْلُ.

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a subst. from بَالَ , (S, M, K,) [meaning A discharging of urine, making water, or staling: or a mode, or manner, thereof; as appears probable from its form, and from J's adding that it is] like جِلْسَةٌ and رِكْبَةٌ ; (S;) [and also from the following phrase:] إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ البِيلَةِ [Verily he is one who has a good mode of discharging his urine]; from البَوْلُ . (M.)
Nounبُوَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one that discharges much urine, said of a mangenerated

1

One that discharges much urine, synonymous with كَثِيرُ البَوْلِ, applied to a man; and so بَوَّالٌ, applied to a camel.

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That discharges much urine; syn. كَثِيرُ البَوْلِ ; (M, K;) applied to a man; (M;) and so بَوَّالٌ applied to a camel. (TA.)
Nounبَوَالٌ1 sense

Core sense — a disease causing much, or frequent, discharge of urinegenerated

1he was taken with much, or frequent, discharging of urineأَخَذَهُ بُوَالٌ

A disease causing much, or frequent, بَوْل [or discharging of urine].

A disease that attacks sheep, or goats, so that they discharge urine until they die.

That is, much or frequent بَوْل.

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A disease occasioning much, or frequent, بَوْل [or discharging of urine]: (M, K:) a disease that attacks sheep, or goats, such that they discharge urine until they die. (Ham p. 77.) You say, أَخَذَهُ بُوَالٌ He was taken with much, or frequent, بَوْل [or discharging of urine]. (S.)
Nounبَوَّالٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one that discharges much urine; a leaking wine-skin; quickly melting fatgenerated

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See بُوَلَةٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Hence,] a wine-skin from which the wine runs out.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferreda piece of fat that quickly melts, or dissolvesشَحْمَةٌ بَوَّالَةٌ
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: see بُوَلَةٌ . [Hence,] A wine-skin from which the wine runs out. (TA.) And شَحْمَةٌ بَوَّالَةٌ A piece of fat that quickly melts or dissolves. (IAar, TA.)
Nounأَبْوَلُ مِنْ كَلْبٍ1 sense

Core sense — more frequent in making water than a doggenerated

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More frequent in making water than a dog; or it may mean more abundant in offspring. Meyd.

[Freytag adds, in his Arab. Prov. 1:199, on the authority of Sharaf-ed-Deen, that بول may signify urine or offspring.]

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More frequent in making water than a dog: or it may mean more abundant in offspring. (Meyd. [Freytag adds, in his Arab. Prov. i. 199, on the authority of Sharaf-ed-Deen, that بول (i. e. بَوْلٌ ) may signify urine or coitus or offspring.])
Nounمَبَالٌ1 sense

Core sense — the place of urine; the pudendumgenerated

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[The place of urine, or of the urinary discharge; meaning] the فَرْج [or pudendum of a man and of a woman].

Hence the phrase مَبَالٌ فِى مَبَالٍ, occurring in a tradition.

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[The place of urine, or of the urinary discharge; meaning] the فَرْج [or pudendum of a man and of a woman]: whence the phrase, مَبَالٌ , فِى مَبَالٍ occurring in a trad. (TA,)
Nounمَبْوَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a diuretic, something that brings on urinegenerated

1much drink brings on a discharging of urineكَثْرَةُ الشَّرَابِ مَبْوَلَةٌ

[A diuretic; something that provokes urine.]

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[A diuretic; a provocative of urine]. You say, كَثْرَةُ الشَّرَابِ مَبْوَلَةٌ , (S, K, *) i. e., Much beverage occasions a discharging of urine. (TA.)
Nounمِبْوَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a urinal, a vessel in which one makes watergenerated

1a vessel in which one makes waterكُوز

[A urinal.]

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[A urinal;] a vessel ( كُوز ) in which one makes water. (S, K,*)