ثَاكِلٌ

, applied to a man, Bereft of a child, or of a friend, or person beloved; as also ↓ ثَكْلَانُ or ثَكْلَانٌ [with or without tenween, as is shown by the two forms of the feminine mentioned in what follows, but generally without]: (K:) and applied to a woman; (S, Msb, K;) and sometimes ثَاكِلَةٌ; (Msb;) as also ثَكْلَى (S, Msb, K) and ثَكْلَانَةٌ, (IAar, K,) which is rare, (K,) and ↓ ثَكُولٌ; (S, K;) meaning bereft of her child [by death]; (S, Msb;) plural (of ثَاكِلٌ, TA, [and of ثَاكِلَةٌ,]) ثَوَاكِلُ, [and of ثاكل also ثَكْلَى, as is implied in the TA voce عُبْرٌ,] and (of ثَكْلَى, TA) ثَكَالَى. (Msb, TA.)