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فلت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 افلت ذ , (T, S, O, Msb, TA,) inf. n. اـِفْلَاتٌ; (T, Msb, TA;) and ↓ انفلت; (T, S, O, TA;) and ↓ تفلّت; (S, O, TA;) and ↓ فَلَتَ, aor. فَلِتَ , inf. n. فَلْتٌ; (Msb;) signify the same; (T, S, O, Msb, TA;) i. e. He, or it, (a bird, &c., Msb, or a thing, S, O,) escaped; got away; or became, or got, loose, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; (O, Msb, TA;) [or did so ] suddenly: (TA:) or اـِفْلَاتٌ and ↓ اِنْفِلَاتٌ and ↓ تَفَلُّتٌ signify a thing's going forth suddenly: (Mgh:) or ↓ انفلت signifies he, or it, went forth quickly: (Msb:) and one says أَفْلَتَنِى, (M, K,) for افلت مِنِّى [ he escaped, &c., from me ]; (Sgh, TA in art. جرع;) and منّى ↓ تفلّت, and ↓ انفلت; (M, K;) all signifying the same. (TA.) [See exs. voce جُرْعَةٌ; and another ex. in art. حص, conj. 7.] ― -b2- See also 5. -A2- افلتهُ; (T, S, M, O, Msb, K;) and ↓ 2, aor. فَلِتَ , inf. n. فَلْتٌ; both verbs being trans. as well as intrans.; (Msb;) He made him, or it, [and he suffered him, or it, ] (namely, a man, M, or a bird, &c., Msb,) to escape, or get away, or to become, or get, loose, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; he set him, or it, loose, free, or at liberty; (T, M, O, Msb, TA;) he saved him, or freed him, from destruction. (T, TA.) [See, again, حُرْعَةٌ.]

Derived headwords

افلتverb
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افلت مِنِّى