ذهل

1 ذَهَلَ عَنْهُ ذ , (JK, S, Msb, K,) aor. ذَهَلَ , (S, K,) inf. n. ذَهْلٌ, (JK, S,) or ذُهُولٌ, (Msb,) or both; (K;) and ذَهِلَ, (S, Msb,) aor. ذَهَلَ , (Msb,) inf. n. ذُهُولٌ; (S;) He forgot it, or neglected it; (S;) he was, or became, unmindful of it; (S, Msb:) or he neglected it intentionally; (JK, T, M, K, * TA; عَلَى عَهْدٍ in the K being a mistake for على عَمْدٍ, as in the [JK and T and] M; TA;) or in consequence of his being diverted by something: (T, K:) or he forgot it, or dismissed it from his mind, intentionally, and became diverted from it: (Z, Msb:) ذُهُولٌ is the neglecting a thing, dismissing it from the mind: (Ham p. 31:) or the quitting a thing, with confusion, or perplexity, or alienation of mind, such as arises from fear &c.: (Ksh and Bd in xxii. 2:) or the being diverted from one's constant companion, or familiar, so as to forget him; and being content to relinquish him: (K;) or diversion that occasions grief and forgetfulness. (Er-Rághib, TA.) Hence, in the Kur [xxii. 2], يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّا أَرْضَعَتٌ [ On the when thou shalt see it, every woman giving suck shall forget, or neglect, &c., what she has suckled ]. (TA.) -A2- See also what next follows.