ريبال doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has an entry for it. Select the entry below for the full classical Arabic definition.

• رِيبَالٌ

  رِيبَالٌ ذ The lion; (A'Obeyd, T, S, M, K;). as also رِئْبَالٌ, (S,) which is the original form, (M in art. رأبل, q. v.,) derived from رَأْبَلَةٌ signifying “ wickedness, ” &c.: (TA in that art.:) Aboo-Sa'eed says that i…

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