سَخْلَةٌ
Root: سخل
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سَخْلَةٌ
A lamb, or kid, in whatever state it be; male or female: or a lamb, or kid, when just born; male or female: or, accord. to some, peculiarly applied to a lamb; and this is affirmed by 'Iyád and Er-Ráfi'ee: accord. to some, peculiarly to a kid; and so affirms IAth: [see also بَهْمٌ, in three places:] pl.
سَخْلٌ , [or rather this is a coll. gen. n.] like as تَمْرٌ is of تَمْرَةٌ, [and is app. also used as a sing., ] and [the pl. properly so termed is] سِخَالٌ and سِخَلَةٌ, which is extr. [as a pl. form, so much so that Sb holds it to be a quasi-pl. measure, not a broken pl. measure, as is said in the TA voce جِبَأَةٌ].
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