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فلط

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of suddenness, surprise, and unexpectedness. It encompasses notions of being startled, surprised by an event, or escaping suddenly.

Derived headwords

فَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be startledboth

    To be suddenly surprised or taken aback by something.

فَلَطَ عَنْ سَيْفِهِ — He was startled by his sword.
فَلَطnoun
  1. 1.
    suddennessclassical

    The quality of happening unexpectedly or abruptly.

فَلَطٌnoun
  1. 1.
    surpriseclassical

    An unexpected event or occurrence that causes astonishment.

أَفْلَطَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to escape meclassical

    To get away from me or elude my grasp.

  2. 2.
    to surprise meclassical

    To take me by surprise or to startle me.

أَفْلَطَنِي — He escaped me.
أَفْلَطَنِي — He surprised me.
تَفَلَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be surprisedclassical

    To be suddenly taken aback or astonished by an event.

تَفَلَّطْتُ بِالْأَمْرِ — I was surprised by the matter.

Parallel reading

فَلَطَ عَنْ سَيْفِهِ
He was startled by his sword.
وَالْفَلَطُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: الْفَجْأَةُ.
And al-falaṭ, when vocalized, means suddenness.
وَكَكِتَابٍ: الْمُفَاجَأَةُ.
And like kitāb: surprise.
وَأَفْلَطَنِي: أَفْلَتَنِي، وَفَاجَأَنِي
And aflaṭanī means he escaped me, and he surprised me,
فَافْتَلَطْتُ بِالْأَمْرِ، بِالضَّمِّ
So I was surprised by the matter, with dammah on the first letter of the verb,