لفته

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root لفته (lft) primarily relates to twisting, turning, or diverting something. It extends to meanings of peeling, arranging haphazardly, and also encompasses various nouns for specific objects, animals, and even a type of woman or a geological feature.

Derived headwords

لفتَ يَلْفِتُverb

1.
to twistboth
To twist something, to bend it.
2.
to divertboth
To divert someone from their opinion or intention.
3.
to turnboth
To turn one's attention or gaze towards something.

الْتِفَاتnoun

1.
turningboth
The act of turning one's attention or gaze.
2.
diversionclassical
The act of being diverted from an opinion.

تَلَفُّتnoun

1.
looking aroundboth
The act of looking around or glancing.

لِحَاءnoun

1.
barkboth
The bark or peel of a tree.

رِيشnoun

1.
feathersclassical
Feathers, especially when placed haphazardly on an arrow.

لَفْت (بالكسر)noun

1.
turnipboth
A turnip or rutabaga.
2.
splittingclassical
The act of splitting or cleaving something.
3.
cowclassical
A cow.
4.
foolish womanclassical
A foolish or stupid woman.
5.
lioness's shynessclassical
The shyness or modesty of a lioness.
6.
mountain ridgeclassical
A ridge of a mountain located between Mecca and Medina.

لَفْت (بالفتح)noun

1.
turnipboth
A turnip or rutabaga.
2.
splittingclassical
The act of splitting or cleaving something.
3.
cowclassical
A cow.
4.
foolish womanclassical
A foolish or stupid woman.
5.
lioness's shynessclassical
The shyness or modesty of a lioness.
6.
mountain ridgeclassical
A ridge of a mountain located between Mecca and Medina.

أَلْفَتadjective

1.
twisted hornclassical
A male goat whose one horn is twisted.
2.
left-handedclassical
Left-handed.
3.
foolishclassical
Foolish or stupid.

لَفَّاتadjective

1.
foolishclassical
Foolish or stupid, similar to الألفت.

لَفُوتnoun

1.
woman with children from anotherclassical
A woman who has a husband and children from a previous marriage.
2.
difficult characterclassical
Someone of difficult or unyielding disposition.
3.
restless camelclassical
A female camel that is restless or difficult to milk.
4.
fidgety womanclassical
A woman whose eyes do not stay in one place, always looking for an opportunity to be distracted.

لِفْتَاءnoun

1.
cross-eyedclassical
A woman who is cross-eyed or has a squint.
2.
crooked hornsclassical
A female goat whose horns are crooked or bent.

لَفِيتَةnoun

1.
thick porridgeclassical
A thick porridge.
2.
stewclassical
A broth or stew resembling Hais (a dish of dates, ghee, and flour).

لَفْتَةnoun

1.
blowclassical
A blow or strike, often delivered carelessly.

Parallel reading

لواه، وصرفه عن رأيه

He twisted it, and diverted him from his opinion.

ومننه: الالتفات والتلفت

And from it is: the turning and the looking around.

واللحاء عن الشجر: قشره

And the bark from the tree: its peel.

والريش على السهم: وضعه غير متلائم، بل كيف اتفق

And the feathers on the arrow: placing them not in harmony, but however they happened to be.

واللفت، بالكسر: السلجم

And al-Lفت, with kasra: the turnip.

وشق الشيء وصغوه

And the splitting of a thing and its inclination.

والبقرة، والحمقاء، وحياء اللبؤة

And the cow, and the foolish woman, and the shyness of the lioness.

وثنية جبل قديد بين الحرمين

And a peak of Mount Qudayd between the two sanctuaries.

والألفت من التيس: الملتوي أحد قرنيه

And al-Alfat from the male goat: the one whose horn is twisted.

والأعسر، والأحمق، كاللفات

And the left-handed, and the foolish, like al-Laffat.

واللفوت: امرأة لها زوج وولد من غيره

And al-Lafūt: a woman who has a husband and children from another.

والعسر الخلق، والناقة الضجور عند الحلب

And difficult of character, and a female camel that is restless at milking.

والتي لا تثبت عينها في موضع واحد، وإنما همها أن تغفل عنها فتغمز غيرك

And she whose eye does not remain in one place, her only concern being to be overlooked so she can wink at another.

واللفتاء: الحولاء، والعنز اعوج قرناها

And al-Liftā': the cross-eyed woman, and the goat whose horns are crooked.

واللفيتة: العصيدة المغلظة، أو مرقة تشبه الحيس

And al-Lafītah: the thickened porridge, or a broth resembling al-Hais.

وهو يلفت الماشية، أي: يضربها، لا يبالي أيها أصاب

And he strikes the livestock, meaning: he hits them, not caring which one he hits.

وهو لفتة، كهمزة

And it is a laftah, like hamzah.