حلق

حُلْقٌ حلق The state of being bereft of a child by death; syn. ثُكْلٌ [in the CK, erroneously, شُكْل]. (K, TA.) So in the prov., لِأُمِّكَ الحُلْقُ [ May bereavement of her child befall thy mother ]: or, accord. to the A, it means shaving of the head [on account of such, or a similar, bereavement]. (TA.)