ثكل

ثُكْلٌ ثكل The loss, or the state of being bereft, of a child [ by death ], (S, Msb, K,) or of a friend, or person beloved; (K;) i. e., a woman's loss of her child; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ ثَكَلٌ [which is the inf. n. by general consent], (S, K,) and ↓ ثَكْلٌ. (TA.) It is said in a prov., العُقُوقُ ثُكْلُ مَنْ لَمْ يَثْكَلٌ [ Undutiful treatment of a parent is (like) the bereavement of him who is not (really) bereft of his child ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Death: and a state of perdition or destruction. (K.)