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ع ف ل ط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a state of being foolish or stupid, or perhaps a clumsy or unrefined manner of action. It is also associated with mixing or confusing things.

Derived headwords

العَفَلَّطnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish personclassical

    A person who is foolish, stupid, or lacking in intelligence.

عَفَلَّطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to mix with dirtclassical

    To mix something with dirt or dust, to cover it with it.

عَفَلْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mixing with dirtclassical

    The act of mixing something with dirt or dust.

Parallel reading

العفلط، كزبرج، وعملس، وزنبيل، أهمله الجوهري، ونقل الصاغاني في العباب الأولى والثانية عن ابن دريد، والثالثة في التكملة عنه أيضا.
Al-'afalaṭ, kazabraj, wa-'amlas, wa-zanbīl, Jawhari neglected it, and al-Saghani transmitted in al-'Abab, the first and second, from Ibn Duraid, and the third in al-Takmila also from him.
واقتصر صاحب اللسان على الثانية، والثالثة، وهو الأحمق.
And the author of al-Lisan limited himself to the second and third, and he is the fool.
وعفلطه بالتراب عفلطة، إذا خلطه به.
And he mixed it with dirt, a mixing, if he mixed it with it.