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ثِمَالٌ ثمال An aider, or a succourer, who undertakes, or manages, the affairs, of his party, kinsfolk, or tribe: (T, S, K:) their stay, or support: (M:) the aider, or succourer, of orphans: (Lh, M:) a refuge, or protector. (Mgh. [See also مَثْمِلٌ.]) Hence, (Mgh,) “ ثِمَالُ اليَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلْأَرَامِلِ
” [The aider, &c., or the stay, or support, or the refuge, of the orphans; a defence to the widows]; (Mgh, TA;) said by Aboo-Tálib, in praising Mohammad. (TA.) [See also another ex. in a verse cited voce أَنْ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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