حُلْقٌ

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