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مُثْكِلٌ مثكل A woman whose state of bereavement is constant: (K:) or who is in a state of bereavement: (TA:) pl. مَثَاكِيلُ (K) [or this is pl. of مِثْكَالٌ]. Hence, نِسَآءُ الغُزَاةِ مَثَاكِيلُ [The wives of the warriors are constantly bereft, or often bereft, of their husbands]. (TA.) ― -b2- قَصِيدَةٌ مُثْكِلَةٌ (tropical:) An ode in which bereavement is mentioned. (Ibn- 'Abbád, Z, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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