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ثَاكِلٌ

Root: ثكل

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ثَاكِلٌ , applied to a man, Bereft of a child, or of a friend, or person beloved; as also or ثَكْلَانٌ [with or without tenween, as is shown by the two forms of the fem. mentioned in what follows, but generally without]: and applied to a woman; and sometimes ثَاكِلَةٌ; as also ثَكْلَى and ثَكْلَانَةٌ, which is rare, and ثَكُولٌ ; meaning bereft of her child [by death]; pl. (of ثَاكِلٌ, TA, [and of ثَاكِلَةٌ,]) ثَوَاكِلُ, [and of ثاكل also ثَكْلَى, as is implied in the TA voce عُبْرٌ,] and (of ثَكْلَى, TA) ثَكَالَى.
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