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عفلط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of mixing or confusing things, often in a physical sense. It also extends to describe a person who is foolish or idiotic.

Derived headwords

العَفَلَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixing, confusingboth

    The act of mixing or confusing something, often by combining it with other substances.

عَفَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To mix, to confuseboth

    To mix something with another substance, or to confuse it.

العَفَلَطnoun
  1. 1.
    Fool, idiotclassical

    A person who is foolish, stupid, or idiotic.

العُفَلَيْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Fool, idiotclassical

    A person who is foolish, stupid, or idiotic.

Parallel reading

العفلطة: خلطك الشيء
Al-'afalatah: your mixing of a thing.
عفلطته بالتراب
Mixing it with dirt.
عفطل الشيء وعفلطه خلطه بغيره
He mixed the thing and mixed it with something else.