فلت

فَلَتَانٌ ذ i. q. تَفَلُّتٌ: (M:) [or] it is from التَّفَلُّتُ, (T,) like صَلَتَانٌ (T, S) from الاِنْصِلَاتُ: (T:) an epithet signifying Brisk, lively, or sprightly, (Lth, T, S, O, K,) and sharp of spirit; (Lth, T, S, O;) applied to a man, (Lth, T,) or to a horse, (S, O,) as also ↓ فُلَتٌ and ↓ فُلَّتٌ and ↓ فِلْتَانٌ, (O,) the last of which is said by Kr to be pl. of فَلَتَانٌ signifying swift, fleet, or quick; (M;) or all are applied in this latter sense to a horse: (K:) and ↓ فُلَتَةٌ كُلَتَةٌ, applied to a horse, that leaps, springs, or bounds, with his whole body and limbs. (K in art. كلت.) Also, i. e. فَلَتَانٌ, Strong, sturdy, hard, or hardy; (T, O, K; *) applied to a man. (T, O.) And Bold, or daring; (T, O, K;) applied to a man: (T:) and so فَلَتَانَةٌ applied to a woman. (T, O.) And Desirous of evil, or mischief. (M, TA.) And, some say, Fleshy; having much flesh. (M.) -A2- Also A certain bird, (M, K, TA,) of which they assert that it preys upon birds, (M,) or that preys upon apes, or monkeys, (K, TA,) said by AHát to be the زُمَّج, (TA,) which, accord. to him, is the male eagle: (TA in art. زمج:) it is of a colour inclining to yellow; and sometimes it seizes the lamb, or kid, and the young child: thus in the “ Hayát el- Hayawán ” &c. (TA.)