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لفت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

لِفْتٌ ذ The half of a thing; syn. شقٌّ: and its side; syn. صِغْوٌ: (S, K;) i. e., جَانِبٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- لَا تَلْتَفِتْ لِفْتَ فُلَانٍ Look not towards such a one. (S.) -A2- A cow, or bull; syn. بَقَرَةٌ. (K.) -A3- A woman who is stupid, foolish, or of little sense. (K.) See also أَلْفَتُ. -A4- The vulva of a lioness. (K.) -A5- [A name now given in Egypt to the Brassica napus of Linn., a edulis; (Delile, Flor. Aeg., No. 597;) the rape; ] i. q. سَلْجَمٌ [a name given in Egypt to the Brassica napus of Linn., β oleifera: (Delile, ubi supra, No. 598:)] (S, K:) Az. says, “ I have not heard it from any person confided in for accuracy, and know not whether it be Arabic or not: ” (TA:) Ibn-El-Kubbee asserts it to be a Nabathean word. (MF.)

Derived headwords

لِفْتٌ
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لَا تَلْتَفِتْ لِفْتَ فُلَانٍ