قبل

قَبِيلَةٌ ذ A body of men from one father and mother: and ↓ قَبِيلٌ, without ة, a body of men from several ancestors. (Az in TA, art. سبط.) ― -b2- قَبِيلَةٌ: see شَعْبٌ. ― -b3- A mass of stone or rock at the mouth of a well. (K and TA voce عُقَابٌ, q. v.) See قَابِلٌ.