حبل

حِبْلٌ حبل A calamity, or misfortune; (S, K;) as also ↓ حَبُولٌ: (K:) pl. حُبُولٌ. (S, K.) ISd cites as an ex. the saying of El-Akhtal, وَ كُنْتُ سَلِيمَ القَلْبِ حَتَّى أَصَابَنِى مِنَ اللَّامِعَاتِ المُبْرِقَاتِ حُبُولُ [ And I was sound of heart until calamities befell me from the resplendent females, exhibiting their beauty ]. (TA.) ― -b2- رَجُلٌ حِبْلٌ (assumed tropical:) A learned, sagacious, intelligent man. (IAar, K. *) [And حِبْلٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) Very intelligent, or very cunning. Pl. أَحْبَالٌ.] You say, اـِنَّهُ لَحِبْلٌ مِنْ أَحْبَالِهَا, meaning (tropical:) Verily he is one who possesses much intelligence, or much cunning: and verily he is a gentle manager of cattle. (ISd, K, TA.)