لفت

1 لَفَتَهُ ذ , aor. لَفِتَ , (K,) inf. n. لَفْتٌ, (S,) He twisted, wrung, or turned, him, or it, (S, K), in a way different from his, or its, [ proper ] direction: as when you grasp a man's throat, and twist or wring it. (TA.) ― -b2- تِلْفِتُ البَقَرَةُ الخَلَى بِلِسَانِهَا [ The cow turns about the fresh herb with her tongue ]. (S, from a trad.) [For الخَلَا, as in copies of the S, I have substituted الخَلَى. To this action is likened a hypocrite's reading of the Kur-án.] ― -b3- لَفَتَهُ He twisted, or wrung, his neck, and broke it; as also عَفَتَهُ and حَفَتَهُ. (Az, in TA, art. حفت.) ― -b4- لَفَتَهُ المَوْتُ Death took him away suddenly; as also فَلَتَهُ. (T, TA, art. فلت) ― -b5- لَفَتَهُ, aor. لَفِتَ , inf. n. لَفْتٌ, He turned him aside, to the right or left. (Msb.) ― -b6- لَفَتَهُ عِنِ الشَّىْءِ aor. لَفِتَ , inf. n. لَفْتٌ, He turned away, averted, or diverted, him from the thing. (TA.) So in the Kur, x., 79. (Fr.) ― -b7- مَا لَفَتَكَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ What hath turned thee away, or averted thee, or diverted thee, from such a one (Fr.) ― -b8- لَفَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ (tropical:) He turned him from his opinion. (S, K.) ― -b9- لَفَتَ وَجْهَهُ عَنِّى He turned away, or averted, his face from me. (S.) ― -b10- لَفَتَ المَاشِيَةَ, aor. لَفِتَ , (inf. n. لَفْتٌ, TA,) He beat the camels or sheep or goats, not caring which of them he struck. (K.) ― -b11- لَفَتَ الْكَلَامَ, aor. لَفِتَ , inf. n. لَفْتٌ, (tropical:) He sent forth, or uttered, words, without caring what might be the meaning. (TA.) -A2- لَفَتَ شَيْئًا, [aor. لَفِتَ ,] inf. n. لَفْتٌ, He stirred a thing about and over, like as flour is stirred about and over with clarified butter, &c. (TA.) [See لَفِيتَةٌ.] ― -b2- لَفَتَ اللِّحَاآءَ عَنِ الشَّجَرِ He removed, or pulled off, the peel, or rind, from the trees: (K:) or, accord. to the A, عَنِ العُودِ from the twig, or branch. (TA.) ― -b3- لَفَتَ الرِّيشَ عَلَى السَّهْمِ He put the feathers upon the arrow not so that they were well-composed, or equal, or even, or uniform, (غَيْرَ مُتَلَائِمٍ [i. e., not so that they were what is termed لُؤَام,]) but as they happened to be. (K.)