ضَالَّةٌ
Root: ضل
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ضَالَّةٌ
an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, A stray; i. e. a beast that has strayed: or a camel remaining in a place where it is lost, without an owner that is known: or a lost animal or other thing, whatever it be: applied to the male and to the female, and to two and to a pl. number: and it has for its pl. ضَوَالُّ, like دَوَابُّ pl. of دَابَّةٌ. It is said in a trad., ضَالَّةُ المُؤْمِنِ حَرَقُ النَّارِ [expl. in art. حرق]. And one says, الحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ
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