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دَقَلَةٌ

Root: دقل

Full Definition

دَقَلَةٌ n. un. of دَقَلٌ [which see throughout].
2 شَاةٌ دَقَلَةٌ and دَقِلَةٌ and دَقِيلَةٌ and مُدْقِلٌ A sheep, or goat, lean, or emaciated, and small in body; despised and little in the eyes of beholders: pl., of any but the last, دِقَالٌ: or, as ISd thinks, the pl., of دَقِيلَةٌ is دَقَائِلُ, unless it be formed by the rejection of the augmentative letter [in the sing.].
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