Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

مَفْلُوقٌ ذ A camel marked with the brand termed فَلْقَة [q. v.]. (O, K.)

مُتَفَلِّقٌ ذ : see فَلَقٌ, last quarter: ― -b2- and see فَالِقٌ.

فَلْقَسٌ ذ : see the following paragraph, latter sentence.

فَلَنْقَسٌ ذ One whose mother is Arab, but not his father: (Lth, O, K:) or one whose father is such as is termed مَوْلًى [i. e. a freedman under the patronage of his emancipator ], and whose mother is Arab; (S, O, K;) thus says A'Obeyd, (S, O,) and thus Sh: (TA:) or one whose father and mother are Arabs, and whose two grandmothers are slaves; (O, K;) thus accord. to AZ and AHeyth (O) and ISk, and this is [said to be] the right explanation: (TA:) or one whose father is a مولى [expl. above], and his mother the like, i. e. a مَوْلَاة; (S, O, K;) thus accord. to Abu-lGhowth. (S, O.) ― -b2- Also, (O, K,) and ↓ فَلْقَسٌ, (K,) Niggardly, or a niggard; and vile, or ignoble. (O, K. *)

1 فَلVكَ see the next paragraph, in two places.

2 فلّك ذ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. تَفْكِيكٌ, (S,) said of a girl's breast, It became round, (S, O, K, TA,) like the فَلْكَة [or whirl ( of a spindle )], but less than is denoted by نُهُودٌ [inf. n. of نَهَدَ, q. v.]; (TA;) as also ↓ تفلّك, (S, O, K,) and ↓ افلك, (Th, O, K,) and ↓ فَلَكَ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b2- And فلّكت, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) She became round in the breast; as also ↓ فَلَكَتْ. (K, TA. [For the latter verb, the CK has فَلِكَت.]) -A2- See also فَلْكَةٌ, second sentence. ― -b2- التَّفْكِيكُ also signifies The pastor's making, of course hair (هُلْب), a thing like the فَلْكَة (AA, T, S, O, TA) of the spindle, (AA, T, TA,) and inserting it into the tongue of the young unweaned camel, (AA, T, S, O, TA,) having perforated the tongue [ for that purpose ], (AA, T, TA,) in order that he may not such: (AA, T, S, O, TA:) accord. to Lth, فَلَّكْتُ الجَدْىَ signifies I put a twig around the tongue of the kid in order that it might not suck: but Az says that the right explanation of التفكيك is that of AA [given above]. (TA.) [See also 4 in art. جر, and 4 in art. لهج.] -A3- And فلّك, inf. n. as above, He (a man) persisted, or persevered, (لَجَّ,) in an affair; (K, TA;) and so ↓ افلك. (TA.) -A4- And فلّكت She (a bitch) desired copulation, and discharged blood from the womb; syn. اجعلت وحاضت. (O, K.)

4 أَفْلَكَ see 2, first sentence: ― -b2- and فَلْكَةٌ, second sentence: -A2- and see also 2, last sentence but one.

5 تَفَلَّكَ see 2, first sentence.

فُلْكٌ ذ A ship: (S, O, Msb, K, &c.:) [also particularly applied to the ark of Noah; as in the Kur-án vii. 62, &c.:] the word is generally thus only; but some say ↓ فُلُكٌ also, with two dammehs; and it is held that this may be the original form; and that فُلْكٌ may be a contraction, like as عُنْقٌ is [of غُنُقٌ accord. to Sb]: (MF, TA:) it is masc. and fem., (S, O, K, *) and sing. and pl., (S, O, K,) and Ibn-'Abbád says that it has فُلُوكٌ also for a pl.: (O:) [it is said that] it may be sing., and in this case masc.; and pl., and in this case fem.: (IB, Msb:) [but see what here follows:] it occurs in the Kur-án in the following (and other) places: in xxvi. 119, &c.; where it is sing. and masc.: (S, O, TA:) and in [xvi. 14 and] xxxv. 13; where it is pl. [and fem.]: (TA:) and in ii. 159; where it is fem., and may be either pl. or sing.: it seems that, when it is sing., it is regarded as meaning the مَرْكَب, and is therefore made masc.; or the سَفِينَة, and is therefore made fem.: (S, O, TA:) or, (K,) as Sb used to say, (S, O, TA,) the فُلْك that is a pl. [in meaning] is a broken pl. of that, (S, O, K, TA,) i. e. of the فُلْك, (IB, O, K, TA,) that is a sing. [in meaning]: and it is not like الجُنُبُ, which is sing. and pl. [in meaning], and the like thereof (S, O, K, TA) among substs., such as الطِّفْلُ &c.; (S, O, TA;) for فُلْكَانِ has been heard from the Arabs as dual of فُلْكٌ, but not جُنُبَانِ [or the like] as dual of جُنُبٌ [or the like]; and they say that what has not been dualized is not a pl. [form], but [is, or may be,] a homonym, and what has been dualized [is, or may be,] a pl. [form]: (MF, TA:) Sb then says in continuation, (TA,) for فُعْلٌ and فَعَلٌ share in application to one thing [or meaning], as العُرْبُ and العَرَبُ, (S, O, K, TA,) &c.; (S, O, TA;) and as it is allowable for فَعَلٌ to have for its pl. فُعْلٌ, as in the instance of أَسَدٌ and أُسْدٌ, so too فُعْلٌ may have for its pl. فُعْلٌ. (S, O, K, TA.) ↓ فُلْكِىٌّ is a dial. var. of فُلْكٌ; and Abu-d-Dardà read, [in the Kur x. 23,] كُنْتُمْ فِى ا@لْفُلْكِىِّ [ When ye are in the ships; where others read فى الفُلْكِ; and where the context shows that the pl. meaning is intended]. (IJ, TA.) -A2- [It may also be a pl. of the word next following].

الفَلَكُ ذ The place of the revolving of the stars; (O, K, TA;) [ the celestial sphere: but generally imagined by the Arabs to be a material concave hemisphere; so that it may be termed the vault of heaven; or the firmament: ] the astronomers say that it is [a term applied to every one, by itself, of ] seven أَطْوَاق [by which they mean surrounding spheres ], exclusive of the سَمَاآء [or sky, as meaning the region of the clouds ]; wherein have been set the seven stars [i. e. the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn ], in every طَوْق [or surrounding sphere ] a star, some being higher than others; revolving therein: (TA:) [it is also commonly imagined that above these is an eighth sphere, called by the astronomers فَلَكُ الثَّوَابِتِ ( the sphere of the fixed stars ), and by others فَلَكُ الكُرْسِىِّ; and above this, a ninth, called فَلَكُ الأَطْلَسِ and فَلَكُ العَرْشِ, and also called الأَثِيرُ (q. v.):] the pl. is أَفْلَاكٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (S, O, Msb, K, TA) and فُلُكٌ (K, TA) and فُلْكٌ may be another pl., like as أُسْدٌ and خُشُبٌ are pls. of أَسَدٌ and خَشَبٌ (S, O, TA. [Thus accord. to both of my copies of the S, as well as the O and TA: but it may be that أُسْدٌ and خُشْبٌ are mistranscriptions for أُسُدٌ and خُشُبٌ; and therefore that for فُلْكٌ (which is not mentioned as a pl. of فَلَكٌ in the K) we should read فُلُكٌ.]) And فَلَكُ السَّماآءِ signifies The pole of heaven; [generally the north celestial pole; ] likened to the pivot, or axis, of the mill-stone. (TA.) ― -b2- Also (i. e. الفَلَكُ) The revolving of the heaven [or celestial sphere ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And فَلَكٌ signifies also The circuit, and main part, of any- thing. (K.) ― -b4- And Waves of the sea in a state of commotion, (O, K, TA,) circling, (TA,) and going to and fro. (O, TA.) This, (O, TA,) or what is next mentioned, (TA,) or the place of revolving of the stars, (O,) or the pole of heaven, (TA,) is meant in a trad. where it is said of a horse smitten by the [evil] eye, that he was as though he were turning in a فَلَك. (O, TA.) And Water put in motion by the wind, (O, K, TA,) going to and fro, in a state of commotion: (O, TA:) mentioned by Z. (TA.) ― -b5- Also A hill, or mound, of sand, having around it a wide expanse of land: (IAar, O, K, TA:) or فَلَكٌ مِنَ الرَّمْلِ signifies rugged, round أَجْوِبَة [app. a pl. of جَوْبَة (though I do not find it mentioned as such), and meaning depressed and clear places ], of the sands, like [ tracts of ] what are termed كَذَّان [or soft stones resembling dry pieces of clay ], hollowed out by the gazelles. (TA.) ― -b6- And Pieces of land, (S, O, K, TA,) or of sand, (S,) having a circular form, and elevated above what is around them, (S, O, K, TA,) with ruggedness and evenness; (TA;) one whereof is termed ↓ فَلْكَةٌ, (S, O, K, TA,) with the ل quiescent; pl. فِلَاكٌ; (K, TA;) i. e. [this is pl. of فَلْكَةٌ,] like قَصْعَةٌ and قِصَاعٌ: (TA:) in [the book entitled] El-Ghareeb ElMusannaf, [by Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee, we find] ↓ فَلَكَةٌ and فَلَكٌ, [each] بِالتَّحْرِيك; [accord. to which, فَلَكَةٌ is a n. un., and فَلَكٌ is a coll. gen. n.;] but in “ the Book ” of Sb, [agreeably with the K, we find] ↓ فَلْكَةٌ [as a sing.] and فَلَكٌ [as a quasi-pl. n.], like حَلْقَةٌ and حَلَقٌ. (IB, TA.) ― -b7- See also فَلْكَةٌ, in two places.

فَلِكٌ ذ A slave (AA, O) having a buttock like the فَلْكَة [or whirl ] of a spindle (AA, O, K) in shape; (AA, O;) resembling the Zenj; (K;) [for] the buttocks of the Zenj are round: (AA, O:) or large in the buttocks. (TA.) And (O, K) it is said to signify (O) Thick, or coarse of make, in the joints: (O, K:) and loose in the bones; (K;) or weak, loose in the bones, and flaccid; thus expl. by Ibn-'Abbád: (O:) and having a pain in his patella (فِى فَلْكَةِ رُكْبَتِهِ). (O, K.)

فُلُكٌ ذ : i. q. فُلْكٌ, q. v. -A2- And a pl. of فَلَكٌ. (K, TA.)

فَلْكَةٌ ذ The whirl of a spindle: (MA:) [this is what is meant by the saying that] the فَلْكَة of the مِغْزَل is well known; (K;) [and] is thus called because of its roundness: (S, O:) [it is a piece of wood, generally of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, through the middle of which the upper part of the spindle-pin is inserted: ] also pronounced ↓ فِلْكَة: (O, K:) the pl. [of the former] is ↓ فَلَكٌ [or rather this is a quasi-pl. n.] and [that of the latter sing. is] فِلَكٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And A thing that is made round, or hemispherical, (↓ يُفَلَّكُ, or ↓ يُفْلَكُ, accord. to different copies of the K,) like the فَلْكَة of the spindle, of coarse hair (هُلْب), then the tongue of the young unweaned camel is perforated, [ and this thing is inserted into it, (see 2, and see also 4 in art. لهج,)] in order that he may be prevented from sucking. (K. [For فتَخْرِقُ لِسانُ الفَصِيلِ in the CK, I read فَيُخْرَقُ لِسَانُ الفَصِيلِ, as in other copies of the K and in the TA: after these words, the copies of the K have فَيُعْضَدُ بِهِ, app a mistranscription for some phrase meaning فَيُجْعَلُ فِيهِ, which is necessary to complete the explanation.]) ― -b3- And An [ eminence such as is termed ] أَكَمَهٌ [ formed ] of one mass of stone; (K, TA;) accord. to ISh, [ of ] the smaller of the [ eminences termed ] اـِكَام, compact in its head, as though this were the فَلْكَة of a spindle, not giving growth to anything, in height of the measure of two spears or a spear and a half. (TA.) ― -b4- See also فلَكٌ, near the end, in two places. ― -b5- Also Anything circular, (K.) ― -b6- And [particularly] The joint [or cartilaginous disk ] between the two vertebræ [i. e. between any one of the vertebrœ and that next to it ] of the camel: (K, TA:) and the pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] thereof, in this sense and in the last two of the sense following, is ↓ فَلَكٌ. (TA.) ― -b7- [And The cap of the knee; (see فَلِكٌ;) فَلْكَةُ الرُّكْبَةِ signifying the patella: so in the present day.] ― -b8- And The small thing (الهَنَةُ [app. the foramen cæcum, from its round form, for, though the TA adds the epithet النَّاشِئَةُ, which means “ rising, ” I think that this addition may be conjectural,]) upon the head of the root of the tongue. (K.) ― -b9- And The side of the [ portion of the breast called the ] زَوْر [q. v.], and the part thereof that is round, or circular. (K. [K. [But see بَلْدَةٌ: where it is said that “ the فَلَك of the زَوْر of a horse are six in number: ” what they are I have been unable to determine: I incline to think that they may be spiral curls, such as are termed دَوَائِر, pl. of دَائِرَةٌ.])

فِلْكَةٌ ذ : see فَلْكَةٌ, first sentence.

فَلَكَةٌ ذ : see فَلَكٌ, near the end.

فُلْكِىٌّ ذ : see فُلْكٌ, last sentence but one.

فَلَكِىٌّ ذ [ Of, or relating to, the فَلَك as meaning the celestial sphere. ― -b2- And] One who occupies himself [ as an astronomer, or astrologer ] with the science of the stars. (TA.)

فُلَيْكَةٌ ذ [dim. of فُلْكٌ, which is sometimes fem. when used as a sing. as well as when used as a pl.,] A small ship: the vulgar say فلوكة [i. e. فَلُوكَة; whence the Italian “ feluca ”]. (TA.)

فَالِكٌ ذ and ↓ مُفَلِّكٌ A girl whose breast is becoming round, (K, TA,) like the فَلْكَة [or whirl ( of a spindle )]. (TA.) [And the former is also applied as an epithet to the breast: for] AA says that [the pl.] فَوَالِكُ is applied to breasts (ثُدِىّ) that are less than such as are termed نَوَاهِدُ. (TA.)

فَيْلَكُونٌ ذ The شُوبَق [or baker's rolling-pin: see the latter word]: (O, K, TA: [in the CK, السَّوِيقُ is erroneously put for الشُّوبَقُ:]) Az holds both of these words to be arabicized. (O.) ― -b2- And (TA) The بَرْدِىّ [or papyrus ]. (S; and K in art. فلكن.) -A2- And Tar, or pitch; syn. قَارٌ, or زِفْتٌ. (K. n art. فلكن.) -A3- And قَوْسٌ فَيْلَكُونٌ A great bow. (TA in art. فلكن.)

أَفْلَكُ ذ One who goes round about the فَلَك, (IAar, O, K,) i. e. the hill, or mound, of sand that has around it a wide expanse of land. (IAar, O.)

الاـِفْلِيكَانِ ذ Two portions of flesh which border, on each side, the لَهَاة; (IDrd, O, K;) i. e. they are the غُنْدُبَتَانِ [q. v.]. (IDrd, O.)

مُفَلِّكٌ ذ : see فَالِكٌ.

فُلَانٌ ذ is a substitute for the proper name of a human being, (S, Msb, * K, TA,) i. e. of a male; (S, TA;) and in like manner ↓ فُلَانَةُ, (Msb, K, TA,) for that of a female; (TA,) each without ال; (Msb:) [the former may be rendered Such a one, or Such a man; and the latter, Such a woman: ] and الفُلَانُ and ↓ الفُلَانَةُ for other than a human being, (S, K, TA,) i. e. for a [particular] camel, (Lth, TA,) or for a [particular] beast, as in the saying, رَكِبْتُ الفُلَانَ [ I rode such a beast, i. e. such a male beast ], and ↓ حَلَبْتُ الفُلَانَةَ [ I milked such a beast ]: (Msb, TA:) فُلَانٌ has no dual nor pl.: (IB, TA:) [but] sometimes one says to a single person, mase., يَا فُلُ; and to two, يَا فُلَانِ; and to a pl. number, يَافُلُونَ: and in the fem., يَا فُلَةُ; &c.; (K: [see more in art. فل:]) accord. to Kh, فُلَانٌ is of the measure فُعَالٌ; and its dim. is ↓ فُلَيْنٌ: (TA:) or, as some say, it is of the measure فُلَانٌ, [originally فُلْوَانٌ,] with و rejected, therefore its dim. is ↓ فُلَيَّانٌ [originally فُلَيْوَانٌ]; (T, L, TA;) like as اـنْسَانٌ is [said by some to be] اـنْسِيَانٌ, of which the ى is rejected. and therefore its dim. is أُنيْسِيَانٌ. (T, L.)

فُلِيْنٌ ذ : see the preceding paragraph.

فُلَانَةُ ذ , and الفُلَانَةُ: see فُلَانٌ, in three places.

فُلَانِىٌّ ذ the rel. n. of فُلَانٌ: it is rendered indeterminate by the affix ى; and by means of the article اَلْ, it becomes determinate; therefore you say فُلَانٌ الفُلَانِىُّ [meaning Such a one, the person named in relation to such a one ], (TA,)

فُلَيَّانٌ ذ : see فُلَانٌ, near the end.

فَلْهَدٌ ذ and فُلْهُدٌ A boy, or youth, compact in make (حَادِرٌ), fat, that has nearly attained to puberty; as also ↓ فُلْهودٌ and ↓ مُفَلْهَدٌ: (K:) or فلهد [i. e. فَلْهَدٌ or فُلْهَدٌ] signifies a fat boy or youth, that has nearly attained to puberty; thus expl. by AA: [and so فَوْهَدٌ is expl. by him: and فَرْهَدٌ and فُرْهُدٌ are similarly expl.:] or, as some say, a plump boy or youth: and accord. to Kr, a boy that fills the cradle. (TA.)

فُلْهُودٌ ذ : see the preceding paragraph.

مُفَلْهَدٌ ذ : see the preceding paragraph.

1 فَلَاهُ ذ , (M, K,) first pers. فَلَوْتُهُ, (S, M, Msb,) aor. فَلُوَ , (TA,) inf. n. فَلْوٌ, (M, K, TA,) with fet-h, and فِلَاآءٌ accord. to the M, or فَلَاآءٌ accord. to the K, (TA,) He withdrew him from sucking; namely, a colt, (M, K,) and a young ass, (M,) and a child; (M, K;) as also ↓ افلاهُ, and ↓ افتلاهُ: (M, K: *) or he weaned, or ablactated, him, as also ↓ افلاهُ, and ↓ افتلاهُ: (K:) or فَلَاهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ and ↓ افتلاهُ signify thus; relating to a colt and a young ass: (S: [and in a similar manner both are expl. in the T, on the authority of ISk:]) or فَلَاهُ, (M,) or فَلَاهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ, relating to a colt and a young ass, (T,) signifies thus; (T, M;) but ↓ افتلاهُ, (M,) or افتلاهُ لِنَفْسِهِ, (T,) signifies he took him for himself [app. from his mother ]: (T, M:) or فَلَوْتُهُ and ↓ أَفْلَيْتُهُ signify I separated him from him mother; namely, a colt: and فُلِيَت is said of a filly [meaning she was separated &c.]. (Msb.) [Hence,] the ↓ فَلَاة [q. v.] is [said to be] thus called لِأَنَّهَا فُلِيَتْ عَنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ, [ Because it is as though it were weaned, and removed, from everything good ]. (M.) ― -b2- And فَلَوْتُهُ I reared him, or brought him up; [namely, a youth, or boy;] as also ↓ اِفْتَلَيْتُهُ: a poet says, وَلَيْسَ يَهْلِكُ مِنَّا سَيِّدٌ أَبَدًا اـِلَّا ا@فْتَلَيْنَا غُلَامًا سَيِّدًا فِينَا [ And a chief of us does not ever perish but we rear a youth to be a chief among us ]. (S.) -A2- فَلَاهُ بِالسَّيْفِ, (M, K,) first pers. فَلَوْتُهُ and فَلَنْتُهُ, (T, S,) inf. n. فَلْوٌ and فَلْىٌ, (M in this art. and in art. فلى,) He struck (S, M, K) him, (K,) or his head, (S, M,) with the sword: (S, M, K:) or he struck, or cut, it, i. e. one's head, with the sword. (T * and M in art. فلى.) ― -b2- And فَلَوْتُ القَوْمَ I entered amid the breaks, or interspaces, of the people; like فَلَيْتُهُمْ. (T, TA.) -A3- فَلَا as intrans., said of a man, He journeyed, or went forth to journey. (IAar, T, K.) ― -b2- And He became intelligent after being ignorant. (IAar, T, K.)

4 أَفْلَوَ see 1, first sentence, in three places. ― -b2- افلت said of a mare, (M, K,) and of a she-ass, (M,) means She was one whose colt had attained to the age for his being weaned, (M, K.) And the phrase قَدْ أَفْلَيْنَ أَمْهَارَا, ending a verse of 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, and referring to wild animals, means, as expl. by AHn, that had become in the state in which their young ones were full-grown and in no need of their mothers. (M.) -A2- And افلى القَوْمُ The people, or party, came to the فَلَاة [or desert, &c.]: (S, K: *) or, as Z says, entered it; which is nearly the same as the former explanation. (TA.)

8 اـِفْتَلَوَ see 1, in six places: -A2- and see also art. فلى.

فَلًا ذ [a coll. gen. n.]: see فَلَاةٌ.

يَافُلَا ذ and يَا فُلَاةُ: see يَا فُلُ, in art. فل.

فِلْوٌ ذ : see فَلُوٌّ.

فَلَاةٌ ذ A [ desert such as is termed ] قَفْر; (M, K;) so called for a reason mentioned above, in the first paragraph, q. v.; (M;) or [ such as is called ] مَفَازَة; (T, S, K;) in which is no water; or, in the fewer cases, in which there is an interval of two days with a portion of the day preceding them and of the day following them between the waterings of camels and of one day between the waterings of asses and of sheep or goats (لِلْاـِبِلِ رِبْعٌ وَلِلْحَمِيرِ وَالغَنَمِ غَبٌّ): (M, K:) or a land in which is no water: (Msb:) or a wide [ desert such as is termed صَحْرَاآء: (M, K:) pl. فَلَوَاتٌ, (T, S, M, K,) a pl. of pauc., (TA,) and ↓ فَلًا, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) [or rather this is a coll. gen. n. of which فَلَاةٌ is the n. un.,] and فُلِىٌّ, (M, K,) or this is pl. of فَلًا, (S,) and [so are] فِلِىٌّ (M, K) and فُلُوٌّ [which is the original of فُلِىٌّ and فِلِىٌّ], (CK,) أَفْلَاآءٌ is [likewise] pl. of فَلًا. (S, M, Msb, K. *) ― -b2- [أَخُو الفَلَاةِ A man of the desert: or one who travels in the desert or deserts. ] ― -b3- And اِبْنُ الفَلَاةِ The حِرْبَاآء [or male chameleon ]. (T in art. بنى.)

فِلَاآءٌ ذ , mentioned in the paragraph here following as a pl. of فَلُوٌّ, signifies also Bones. (TA.)

فَلُوٌّ ذ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and فُلُوٌّ (M, K) and ↓ فِلْوٌ (S, M, Msb, K) A colt, (S, Mgh,) because he is weaned; (S;) or a colt, and a young ass, (M, Msb, K,) when weaned, (M, K,) or separated from his mother: (Msb:) or when a year old; (K;) or فَلُوٌّ signifies also a colt that is a year old: (M: [see قَارِحٌ:]) and a light, or an active, ass: (IAar, TA voce يَعْفُورٌ:) and sometimes (S) the female is called فَلُوَّةٌ: (S, Msb:) the pl. is أَفْلَاآءٌ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) like أَعْدَاءٌ as pl. of عَدُوٌّ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) and like أَحْبَارٌ as pl. of حِبْرٌ, (TA,) and also فَلَاوَى, (S, K,) and فُلْوٌ, mentioned by Fr, (M, TA,) and فِلَاآءٌ is mentioned as a pl. of فَلُوّ signifying a colt by Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee. (TA.)

بَدَوِيَّةٌ فَلَوِيَّةٌ ذ are epithets applied to a woman [each signifying Of, or belonging to, the فَلَاة, or desert ]. (TA.)

مُفْلٍ ذ and مُفْلِيَةٌ A mare having a فَلُوّ. (S, TA.)

1 فَلَى رأْسَهُ ذ , (M, Mgh, K,) and ثِيَابَهُ, (Mgh,) [aor. فَلِىَ ,] inf. n. فَلْىٌ; (M, Mgh;) and رَأْسَهُ ↓ فلّى also; (K; [but not in my copy of the TA;]) He searched his head, (M, Mgh, K,) and his clothes, (Mgh,) for lice: (M, Mgh, K:) [and it appears from an explanation below (see 8) that افتلى رَأْسَهُ perhaps signifies the same:] or one says, فَلَيْتُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ القَمْلِ [ I searched his head for lice ]: (S:) or فَلَيْتُ رَأْسِى, aor. as above, and so the inf. n., signifies I cleared my head of lice. (Msb.) [See also الفِلَاآءُ, below.] In the saying of 'Amr Ibn-Maadee-kerib, تَرَاهُ كَالثَّغَامِ يُغَلُّّ مِسْكًا يَسْوْءُ الفَالِيَاتِ اـِذَا فَلَيْنِى [ Thou seest it (meaning the white hair intermixing with black) like the thagham (the plant so called) inserted in musk, grieving the lousing women when they louse me ], فَلَيْنِى is for فَلَيْنَنِى, (T, S,) the two ن being deemed difficult of utterance; (T;) as Akh says, he has rejected the latter ن because it is merely a preservative to the verb [lest its affix should be supposed to form an essential part of it], whereas the former ن may not be rejected, because it is the pronoun of the verb. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence,] فَلَى الشِّعْرَ, (ISk, T, S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He considered, and endeavoured to understand, the poetry, and elicited its meanings, (ISk, T, S, K, TA,) and what was strange of it: (ISk, S, TA:) or, accord. to the A, he investigated the meanings of the poetry: one says, اِفْلِ هٰذَا البَيْتَ فَاـِنَّهُ صَعْبٌ (tropical:) [ Investigate thou the meaning of this verse, for it is difficult ]. (TA.) [Freytag has mentioned فَلَا, in art. فلو, as signifying “ Disquisivit, ” and as followed by عن; from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.] And فَلَى الأَمْرَ (assumed tropical:) He considered, or examined, the various modes of the affair, or case, endeavouring to obtain a clear knowledge of them, and looked to its result. (T, TA.) And فَلَيْتُ القُومَ بِعَيْنِى (assumed tropical:) [ I examined the people, or party, with my eye, in order to know them ]: and فَلَيْتُ خَبَرَهُمْ (assumed tropical:) [ I examined their state, or case, in order to know it ]. (TA.) And فَلَاهُ فِى عَقْلِهِ, (T, M, K, TA,) aor. as above, (T, TA,) and so the inf. n., (M, TA,) (tropical:) He looked, or examined, to see what was his intelligence: (T, TA:) or he tried, or tested, him, in respect of his intelligence. (M, K, TA.) ― -b3- فَلَيْتُ القَوْمَ I entered amid the breaks, or interspaces, of the people; (T, TA; *) as also فَلَوْتُهُمْ; (T;) and so ↓ أَفْلَيْتُهُمْ. (TA.) And فَلَى المَفَازَةَ He passed through the مفازة [i. e. desert, or waterless desert ]. (TA.) ― -b4- فَلَاهُ بَالسَّيْفِ, aor. يَفْلِيهِ, (K, TA,) inf. n. فَلْىٌ, (TA,) signifies the same as فَلَاهُ, aor. يَفْلُوهُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. فَلْوٌ. (TA.) See the latter verb in art. فلو. -A2- فَلِىَ i. q. اِنْقَطَعَ [ It, or he, was cut, or cut off, &c.]. (IAar, T, K.)

2 فَلَّىَ see the first sentence above.

4 أَفْلَىَ see 1, near the end of the paragraph.

5 تفلّى ذ He applied himself, as to a task, to the act of searching his head for lice. (T, * M, TA.)

6 تفالت الحُمُرُ ذ The asses scratched, scraped, or rubbed, one another; as though they were lousing one another. (M, TA.) ― -b2- See also 10.

8 يَفْتَلُونَ الفَلَاةَ ذ , (T,) or المَكَانَ, (K, *) (tropical:) They depasture the herbage (T, K *) of the فلاة [or desert, or waterless desert, &c.], (T,) or of the place, (K,) and seek for the portions of herbage that are beginning to dry up therein; like as [is done when] the head is searched for lice (كَمَا يُفْتَلَى الرَّأْسُ or كما يُفْلَى الرأس accord. to two transcripts from the T). (T in arts. فلو and فلى of the TT.) [This meaning of the verb is expl. (imperfectly) in art. فلو, to which it does not belong.]

10 استفلى رَأْسَهُ ذ , and ↓ تفالى, (S, K,) i. e. تفالى هُوَ [not تفالى رأسه], (S,) He desired that his head might be searched for lice. (S, K.) -A2- And استفلاهُ He exposed himself to have his head struck and cut with the sword: (M, TA:) a poet says, أَمَاتَرَانِى رَابِطَ الجَنَانِ أَفْلِيهِ بِالسَّيْفِ اـِذَا ا@سْتَفْلَانِى [ Dost thou not see me to be strong of heart? I will strike and cut his head with the sword when he exposes himself to be so struck &c.]

[ فِلْيَةٌ ذ , mentioned in this art. by Freytag, with فَلَالِىٌّ as its pl., is taken by him from a mistranscription in the CK in art. فل: see فِلِّيَّةٌ in that art.]