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عفطل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of mixing or confusing things together, particularly with earth or dust. It describes the act of blending substances or obscuring something by covering it.

Derived headwords

العَفْطَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixing, blendingclassical

    The act of mixing one thing with another, especially with earth or dust.

عَفَطَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To mix itclassical

    He mixed it (something) with something else, specifically with earth or dust.

عَفَلَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To mix itclassical

    He mixed it (something) with something else, specifically with earth or dust. This form is considered a metathesis or inversion of 'عفطله'.

Parallel reading

العفطلة: بالطاء المهملة، أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن دريد: هو خلطك الشيء بالشيء كالعفلطة، يقال: عفطله بالتراب، وعفلطه: إذا خلطه به، وهو مقلوب.
Al-'afṭalah: with the unpointed ṭāʼ. Al-Jawharī neglected it, and Ibn Durayd said: it is your mixing of a thing with a thing, like al-'afalaṭah. It is said: 'He mixed it with dust,' and 'He confused it': if you mixed it with it, and it is an inversion.
هو خلطك الشيء بالشيء كالعفلطة
It is your mixing of a thing with a thing, like al-'afalaṭah.
يقال: عفطله بالتراب
It is said: 'He mixed it with dust.'
وعفلطه: إذا خلطه به
And 'He confused it': if you mixed it with it.
وهو مقلوب
And it is an inversion.