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Form 1لَفَتَهُ14 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarلَفْتٌ

Core sense — he twisted him, he turned him aside, he turned him awaygenerated

1.1

He twisted, wrung, or turned him, or it, in a direction other than the proper one.

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As when you grasp a man's throat and twist it.

1.1.1[The cow turns the fresh herb about with her tongue.]—تِلْفِتُ البَقَرَةُ الخَلَى بِلِسَانِهَا

[For الخَلَا, as in copies of the S, I have substituted الخَلَى. A hypocrite's reading of the Kur-án is likened to this action.]

1.1.2he twisted, or wrung, his neck and broke it—لَفَتَهُ

Also عَفَتَهُ and حَفَتَهُ.

1.1.3death took him away suddenly—لَفَتَهُ المَوْتُ

Also فَلَتَهُ, in the article فلت.

1.1.4he turned him aside, to the right or left—لَفَتَهُ

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1.1.5he turned him away from the thing—لَفَتَهُ عِنِ الشَّىْءِ

So in the Kur-án 10:79.

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1.1.6What has turned you away, or diverted you, from such a one?—مَا لَفَتَكَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ
1.1.7figurative · مجازhe turned him from his opinion—لَفَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ
1.1.8he turned his face away from me—لَفَتَ وَجْهَهُ عَنِّى
1.1.9he beat the camels, sheep, or goats, not caring which of them he struck—لَفَتَ المَاشِيَةَ

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1.1.10figurative · مجازhe uttered words without caring what the meaning might be—لَفَتَ الْكَلَامَ

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1.2he stirred a thing about and over, as flour is stirred about with clarified butter and the like—لَفَتَ شَيْئًا

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[See لَفِيتَةٌ.]

1.2.1he pulled the peel, or rind, off the trees—لَفَتَ اللِّحَآءَ عَنِ الشَّجَرِ

Or, according to the A, عَنِ العُودِ, from the twig or branch.

1.2.2he put the feathers on the arrow as they happened to be, not evenly set—لَفَتَ الرِّيشَ عَلَى السَّهْمِ

Not غَيْرَ مُتَلَائِمٍ [that is, not what is termed لُؤَام].

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
10:78
قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us away from the ways we found our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother may have greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!"

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. لَفِتَ , (K,) inf. n. لَفْتٌ , (S,) He twisted, wrung, or turned, him, or it, (S, K), in a way different from his, or its, [proper] direction: as when you grasp a man's throat, and twist or wring it. (TA.) تِلْفِتُ البَقَرَةُ الخَلَى بِلِسَانِهَا [The cow turns about the fresh herb with her tongue]. (S, from a trad.) [For الخَلَا , as in copies of the S, I have substituted الخَلَى . To this action is likened a hypocrite's reading of the Kur-án.] لَفَتَهُ He twisted, or wrung, his neck, and broke it; as also عَفَتَهُ and حَفَتَهُ . (Az, in TA, art. حفت .) لَفَتَهُ المَوْتُ Death took him away suddenly; as also فَلَتَهُ . (T, TA, art. فلت ) لَفَتَهُ , aor. لَفِتَ , inf. n. لَفْتٌ , He turned him aside, to the right or left. (Msb.) لَفَتَهُ عِنِ الشَّىْءِ aor. لَفِتَ , inf. n. لَفْتٌ , He turned away, averted, or diverted, him from the thing. (TA.) So in the Kur, x., 79. (Fr.) مَا لَفَتَكَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ What hath turned thee away, or averted thee, or diverted thee, from such a one (Fr.) لَفَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ He turned him from his opinion. (S, K.) لَفَتَ وَجْهَهُ عَنِّى He turned away, or averted, his face from me. (S.) لَفَتَ المَاشِيَةَ , aor. لَفِتَ , (inf. n. لَفْتٌ , TA,) He beat the camels or sheep or goats, not caring which of them he struck. (K.) لَفَتَ الْكَلَامَ , aor. لَفِتَ , inf. n. لَفْتٌ , He sent forth, or uttered, words, without caring what might be the meaning. (TA.) لَفَتَ شَيْئًا , [aor. لَفِتَ ,] inf. n. لَفْتٌ , He stirred a thing about and over, like as flour is stirred about and over with clarified butter, &c. (TA.) [See لَفِيتَةٌ .] لَفَتَ اللِّحَآءَ عَنِ الشَّجَرِ He removed, or pulled off, the peel, or rind, from the trees: (K:) or, accord. to the A, عَنِ العُودِ from the twig, or branch. (TA.) لَفَتَ الرِّيشَ عَلَى السَّهْمِ He put the feathers upon the arrow not so that they were well-composed, or equal, or even, or uniform, ( غَيْرَ مُتَلَائِمٍ [i. e., not so that they were what is termed لُؤَام ,]) but as they happened to be. (K.)
Form 5تَلَفَّتَ1 sense

Core sense — he looked aside, he looked aboutgenerated

5.1

See form 8.

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see 8.
Form 8التفت3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he looked aside, he turned his face towards a thinggenerated

8.1[he looked aside, or about]—تلفّت

This verb and the following one, of which the latter says more than the former, are both from لَفَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ.

he turned his face towards the thing—التفت إِلَى الشَّىْءِ
he turned his face towards the thing—تلفّت إِلَيْهِ
8.1.1he paid no regard, or attention, to him or it—ما التفت إِلَيْهِ

Found in the lexicons and elsewhere throughout.

8.1.2he turned his face to the right and left—التفت بِوَجْهِهِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 8
11:81
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ

(The Messengers) said: "O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife (will remain behind): To her will happen what happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?"

15:65
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

"Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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and تلفّت , (S, K,) [He looked aside, or about,] the latter of which signifies more than the former, (S,) are from لَفَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ : (K:) you say, التفت إِلَى الشَّىْءِ , and تلفّت إِلَيْهِ , He turned his face towards the thing. (TA.) [Hence, ما التفت إِلَيْهِ He regarded not him or it; he paid no regard, or attention, to him or it. (The lexicons, &c., passim.)] التفت بِوَجْهِهِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا He turned his face to the right and left. (Msb.)

Derived nouns 8

Nounلِفْتٌ6 senses · 5 main

Core sense — the half of a thing; a cow or bull; the rape plantgenerated

1the half of a thing—شقٌّ
its side—صِغْوٌ

Here it means جَانِبٌ.

1.1Do not look towards such a one.—لَا تَلْتَفِتْ لِفْتَ فُلَانٍ
2a cow, or bull—بَقَرَةٌ
3

A woman who is stupid, foolish, or of little sense.

See also أَلْفَتُ.

4

The vulva of a lioness.

5

[A name now given in Egypt to the Brassica napus of Linn., a edulis (Delile, Flor. Aeg., No. 597); the rape.]

The same as سَلْجَمٌ, [a name given in Egypt to the Brassica napus of Linn., oleifera (Delile, same place, No. 598)].

Az says: “I have not heard it from anyone trusted for accuracy, and I do not know whether it is Arabic or not.”

Ibn-El-Kubbee asserts it to be a Nabathean word.

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The half of a thing; syn. شقٌّ : and its side; syn. صِغْوٌ : (S, K;) i. e., جَانِبٌ . (TA.) لَا تَلْتَفِتْ لِفْتَ فُلَانٍ Look not towards such a one. (S.) A cow, or bull; syn. بَقَرَةٌ . (K.) A woman who is stupid, foolish, or of little sense. (K.) See also أَلْفَتُ . The vulva of a lioness. (K.) [A name now given in Egypt to the Brassica napus of Linn., a edulis; (Delile, Flor. Aeg., No. 597;) the rape;] i. q. سَلْجَمٌ [a name given in Egypt to the Brassica napus of Linn., oleifera: (Delile, ubi supra, No. 598:)] (S, K:) Az. says, “ I have not heard it from any person confided in for accuracy, and know not whether it be Arabic or not: ” (TA:) Ibn-El-Kubbee asserts it to be a Nabathean word. (MF.)
Nounلَفَتٌ1 sense

Core sense — the having one horn twisted over the other, said of a he-goatgenerated

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The state of having one of his horns twisted upon, or over, the other. Said of a he-goat.

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The having one of his horns twisted upon, or over, the other. Said of a he-goat. (S.)
Nounلُفَتَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who beats his beasts without caring which of them he strikesgenerated

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A man who beats his camels, sheep, or goats much, not caring which of them he strikes.

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A man who beats (much TA) his camels or sheep or goats, not caring which of them he strikes. (K.)
Nounلَفَاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — stupid, foolish, of little sensegenerated

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See أَلْفَتُ.

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: see أَلْفَتُ .
Nounلَفُوتٌ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a woman who looks aside much; a restless she-camel; stubborn of dispositiongenerated

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A woman who looks aside much, or often, at things.

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A woman who, when she hears a man speak, looks aside towards him. ('Abd-el-Melik Ibn-'Omar.)

1.2

A woman whose eye does not stay fixed on one place, whose concern is that you should be heedless of her, so that she may make signs with her eyes, or the like, to another.

1.3

A woman who has a husband and a child by another husband, and who therefore turns her attention much towards her child, being occupied by him so that she is diverted from her husband.

1.4

A she-camel that is restless when she is milked, that looks aside at the milker and bites him, so that he strikes her with his hand and then she yields her milk.

This is the case when her young one has died. Hence the word is applied proverbially to one who is disobedient.

1.5

Difficult, or stubborn, of disposition.

But the S says something at variance with this. See لَفَاتٌ, mentioned with أَلْفَتُ.

1.6

According to some, a woman in whom there is crookedness and contraction; explained by التى فيها التواء وانقباض.

1.7

A woman went about to calumniate, or slander.

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A woman who looks aside much, or often, at things. (TA.) A woman who, when she hears a man speak, looks aside towards him. ('Abd-el-Melik Ibn-'Omar.) A woman whose eye does not remain fixed towards one place, the object of whose care is that thou shouldst be heedless of her, and that she may make signs with her eyes, or the like, to another. (Th, K.) A woman who has a husband, and who has a child by another husband, (S, K,) and who therefore turns her regard much towards her child, (S,) and is occupied by him so as to be diverted from her husband. (TA.) A she-camel that is unquiet ( ضَجُورٌ ) on the occasion of her being milked, (K,) that looks aside at the milker, and bites him; wherefore he strikes her with his hand, and thereupon she yields her milk: this is the case when her young one has died: whence this epithet is proverbially applied to him who is disobedient. (TA.) Difficult, or stubborn, of disposition. (K.) But in the S is said what is at variance with this. (TA.) See لَفَاتٌ , mentioned with أَلْفَتُ , Accord. to some, A woman in whom is crookedness and contraction; expl. by التى فيها التواء وانقباض . (TA.) A woman went to calumniate, or slander. (A in art. خفت .)
Nounلَفِيتَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a kind of thick gruel made from colocynthgenerated

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[A certain kind of gruel] made by straining the water [or juice, or a decoction,] of the white colocynth, then putting it into a stone cooking-pot and cooking it until it is thoroughly done and thickened, and then sprinkling flour upon it.

Or thickened عَصِيدَة, or thick عصيدة of هَبِيد, that is, حَنْظَل [or colocynth].

So called because it is stirred about and over لِأَنَّهَا تُلْفَتُ أَىْ تُلْوَى [see لَفَتَ شَيْئًا].

Or broth resembling حَيْس; the same as عَفِيتَةٌ, in the article عفت.

[See also وَطِيئَة.]

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[A certain kind of gruel] made by straining water [or juice, or a decoction,] of the white colocynth, then putting it into a stone cookingpot, and cooking it until it has become thoroughly done and thickened, and then sprinkling flour upon it: (AHn:) or thickened عَصِيدَة : (IAth, K:) or thick عصيدة (S) of هَبِيد , i. e. حَنْظَل , [or colocynth]: (TA:) so called because it is stirred about and over لِأَنَّهَا تُلْفَتُ أَىْ تُلْوَى : (S:) [see لَفَتَ شَيْئًا :] or broth resembling حَيْس : (K:) i. q. عَفِيتَةٌ . (TA, art. عفت .) [See also وَطِيئَة .]
Nounأَلْفَتُ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — strong-handed; having crooked horns; stupid; left-handedgenerated

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Strong-handed, who hoists, or wrings, the one who grapples with him.

1.1a she-goat having crooked horns—لَفْتَاءُ

A he-goat having crooked horns.

1.2

A he-goat having one of his horns twisted upon, or over, the other.

1.3a woman having distorted eyes—لَفْتَاءُ

Synonym of حَوْلَاءُ.

1.4stupid, foolish, of little sense—أَلْفَتُ

In the dialect of Keys; like أَعْفَتُ [and أَعْفَكُ].

Feminine لَفْتَاءُ [see also لِفْتٌ].

So too لَفَاتٌ, or this signifies stupid, foolish, or of little sense, and of difficult, or stubborn, disposition: [see also لَفُوتٌ].

Or, according to A 'Obeyd, as mentioned in a marginal note in a copy of the S, لَفَاتٌ and its synonym هَفَاتٌ are correctly written لَفَاةٌ and هَفَاةٌ, since in a case of pause they are pronounced لَفَاهْ and هَفَاهْ; see هَفَاتٌ.

1.5

Left-handed; who works with the left hand. In the dialect of Temeem; as also أَلْفَكُ.

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Strong-handed, who hoists, or wrings, him who strives, or grapples, with him. (TA.) A he-goat having crooked horns. (TA.) لَفْتَاءُ A she-goat having crooked horns. (K.) A he-goat having one of his horns twisted (S, K) upon, or over the other. (S.) لَفْتَاءُ A woman having distorted eyes; syn. حَوْلَاءُ . (K.) أَلْفَتُ (in the dial. of Keys, S) Stupid; foolish; of little sense; (S, K;) like أَعْفَتُ (S) [and أَعْفَكُ ]: fem. لَفْتَاءُ : [see also لِفْتٌ :] so too لَفَاتٌ : (K:) or this signifies stupid, foolish, or of little sense, and of difficult, or stubborn disposition: (S:) [see also لَفُوتٌ :] or, accord. to A 'Obeyd, as mentioned in a marginal note in a copy of the S, لَفَاتٌ and its syn. هَفَاتٌ are correctly written لَفَاةٌ and هَفَاةٌ , for in a case of pause they are pronounced لَفَاهْ and هَفَاهْ : see هَفَاتٌ . (TA.) (In the dial. of Temeem, S,) Left-handed; who works with the left hand; (S, K;) as also أَلْفَكُ . (TA.)
Nounالمُتَلَفِّتَةُ1 sense

Core sense — the highest bone where the head joins the neckgenerated

1

The highest bone in the place where the head joins the neck.

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The highest bone in the place where the head joins the neck. (L.)