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حُكْلٌ

Root: حكل

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حُكْلٌ , [app. a pl., of which the sing. is not used; as though its sing. were أَحْكَلُ; like خُرْسٌ, pl. of أَخْرَسُ;] of animals, Having no voice, or sound, to be heard; like the ذَرّ [or young ones of ants], and نَمْل [or ants in general]: or the mute of birds and beasts.

def.2 الحُكْلُ is also [said to be] a name of Solomon: so, accord. to Lth, in the rejez of Ru-beh, where he says, لَوْ أَنَّنِى أُتِيتُ عِلْمَ الحُكْلِ [Were I gifted with the knowledge of Solomon].
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