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غفل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اغفلهُ ذ : see 1, in three places. ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, مَا أَغْفَلَهُ عَنْكَ شَيْئًا [app. lit. signifying How unmindful of thee is he as to anything! and therefore virtually] meaning dismiss doubt [ from thee respecting him as to anything ]. (TA. [See further explanations of it voce شَىْءٌ.]) ― -b3- And اغفلهُ عَنْهُ He made him to be unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, or heedless, of it, or inadvertent to it; (S, * O, TA;) namely, a thing. (S.) [Or] اغفلهُ signifies He, or it, smote him, or lighted on him, he (the latter) being غَافِل [i. e. unmindful, &c.]: or he made him to be غَافِل: or he called him, or named him, غَافِل: and in like manner ↓ غفّلهُ, inf. n. تَغْفِيلٌ: (TA:) or تَغْفِيلٌ signifies the calling [one] unmindful, &c.: and the rendering [one] stupid, or foolish. (KL.) ― -b4- And اغفلهُ signifies also He asked him [ for, or respecting, a thing ] in the time of his occupation, not waiting for the time of his freedom therefrom. (TA.) ― -b5- And اغفل الدَّابَّةَ He left the beast unbranded; did not brand it. (S, O.)

Derived headwords

اغفلهُverb
  1. 1.
مَا أَغْفَلَهُ عَنْكَ شَيْئًا
اغفلهُ عَنْهُ
اغفل الدَّابَّةَ