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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Parents Mourning Offspring #170785 10/22/2007 4:12 PM Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1 cbm stranger cbm stranger Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1 Is it true that no language has a term for parents mourning their offspring? Hebrew "Shakul" is a father mourning his child. "Shekulah" is a mother mourning her child. "Shekulim" are parents mourning their son or daughter. Compare Genesis 27.48 and 43.14; Jeremiah 18.21 & Proverbs 17.12. Isn't it? CBM Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Parents Mourning Offspring cbm #170786 10/22/2007 4:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I can't believe Anu did an exhaustive search -- maybe he meant to say that no such word exists in English. but perhaps we can prove that to be wrong! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Parents Mourning Offspring tsuwm #170793 10/22/2007 6:27 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague No single word exists in Dutch either. What we have closest to one word is two words. In translation: mourning or berieved mother/father/parents. Rouwende of berooide moeder/vader/ouders. Maybe all languages evolved through latin don't have the single word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,481 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 8 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,285 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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