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ضِلَّةٌ

Root: ضل

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ضِلَّةٌ : see ضَلَالٌ.
2 [Hence,] هُوَ ٱبْنُهُ لِضِلَّةٍ He is his son unlawfully begotten, or not trueborn.
3 ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ ضِلَّةً His blood went unrevenged, or without retaliation.
4 And هُوَ تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٍ, with kesr to the ت and to the ض, [in the CK, erroneously, تَبَعُ,] and تِبْعٌ ضِلَّةٌ, thus related by IAar, but the former only accord. to Th, (TA in art. تبع,) He is a follower of women: or he is one in whom is no good, and with whom is no good: or he is a very cunning man (دَاهِيَةٌ), one in whom is no good; and so تِبْعُ صِلَّةٍ, as some relate it; and in like manner, أَضْلَالٍ, and أَضْلَالٍ, and صِلُّ أَصْلَالٍ, [q. v.,] which is with kesr only, a phrase similar to ضِرُّ أَضْرَارٍ. (TA in art. ضر.)
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