فَاقِدٌ
Root: فقد
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فَاقِدٌ
[as act. part. n. of 1 signifies Not finding a thing, losing it, not seeing it, missing it, not having it, being destitute of it, lacking it, or wanting it; or having failed to find it, having lost it, or having failed to see it.
2 And hence,] A woman who is bereft of her child [by death]: or who loses (تَفْقِدُ) her husband or child: or whose husband, or child, or relation, or loved and loving relation, has died: or who marries after the death of her husband. The Arabs say, لَا تَتَزَوَّجَنَّ فَاقِدًا وَتَزَوَّجْ مُطَلَّقَةً [Do
3 And in like manner, it is applied also to a she-gazelle, and to a cow [app. a wild cow], as also فَاقِدَةٌ, meaning Whose young one has been devoured by a beast, or bird, of prey; and to a pigeon (حَمَامَة) likewise.
2 And hence,] A woman who is bereft of her child [by death]: or who loses (تَفْقِدُ) her husband or child: or whose husband, or child, or relation, or loved and loving relation, has died: or who marries after the death of her husband. The Arabs say, لَا تَتَزَوَّجَنَّ فَاقِدًا وَتَزَوَّجْ مُطَلَّقَةً [Do
3 And in like manner, it is applied also to a she-gazelle, and to a cow [app. a wild cow], as also فَاقِدَةٌ, meaning Whose young one has been devoured by a beast, or bird, of prey; and to a pigeon (حَمَامَة) likewise.
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