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غفل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَفَلٌ ذ : see غَفْلَةٌ. ― -b2- Also [Such as is] abundant and high [ in estimation, app. of the means of subsistence]; syn. كَثِيرٌ رَفِيعٌ: (O, K: [or the latter word is correctly رَفِيغٌ, (so in the TK,) i. e. ample, and pleasant or good, as applied to the means of subsistence:]) and a state of ampleness of the means of subsistence: (O, K:) thus in the saying, هُوَ فِى غَفَلٍ مِنْ عَيْشِهِ [ He is in a state of ampleness in respect of his means of subsistence: app. thus termed as being a cause of unmindfulness, or heedlessness]. (O.)

Derived headwords

غَفَلٌ
  1. 1.
كَثِيرٌ رَفِيعٌ
هُوَ فِى غَفَلٍ مِنْ عَيْشِهِ