maṣdarلَيْتٌmuḍāriʿيَلُوتُ يَلِيتُهُ يَلِيتُ
Core sense — he told something different from what he was asked aboutgenerated
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He told, narrated, or gave an account of, a thing different from that about which he was asked..
But according to some, the muḍāriʿ is يَلِيتُ, and the verb belongs to the article ليت.
It was said to El-Asadeeyeh, “What is المُدَاحَلَةُ?” and she answered أَنْ يَلِيتَ الإِنْسَانُ شَيْئًا قَدْ عَلِمَهُ, that is, “concealing a thing that one knows, and telling something different from it.”
1.1.1he concealed the news, and related something different from it—لَاتَ الخَبَرَ
[But see above.]
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1.1.2he told the man a thing in a way different from the real state of the case—لَاتَ الرَّجُلَ
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Or: he expressed the news to him obscurely, or in a puzzling way, or he obscured it to him, or concealed it from him, telling him something different from what he was asked about.
According to As., لَاتَهُ [not يَلُوتُهُ], means “he expressed the news to him obscurely, or in a puzzling way, or he obscured it to him, or concealed it from him”: so he makes it belong to the article ليت, and the same is said in the L. See also above.
1.1.3he withheld him, or restrained him, and turned him away from his course or purpose—لَاتَهُ
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he withheld him, or restrained him, and turned him away from his course or purpose—لَاتَهُ
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See the article ليت.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
38:3
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍHow many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!
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. يَلُوتُ , He told, narrated, or gave an account of, a thing different from that respecting which he was asked. (K.) [But accord. to some, the aor. is يَلِيتُ , and the verb belongs to art. ليت .] It was said to ElAsadeeyeh, “ What is المُدَاحَلَةُ ” and she answered أَنْ يَلِيتَ الإِنْسَانُ شَيْئًا قَدْ عَلِمَهُ , i. e., “ The concealing a thing that one knows, and telling, or narrating, something different from it. ” (TA.) لَاتَ الخَبَرَ , aor. يَلُوتُ , He concealed the news, or information, (K,) and related what was different therefrom. (TA.) [But see above.] لَاتَ الرَّجُلَ , aor. يَلُوتُ , He told the man, or narrated to him, a thing in a manner different from the real state of the case: or he expressed the news, or information, to him obscurely, or enigmatically, or obscured it to him, or concealed it from him, telling him, narrating to him, or giving him an account of, a thing different from that respecting which he was asked: but accord. to As., لَاتَهُ , aor. يَلِيتُهُ , [not يَلُوتُهُ .] inf. n. لَيْتٌ , signifies “ he expressed to him the news, or information, obscurely, or enigmatically, or obscured it to him, or concealed it from him ”: thus he makes it belong to art. ليت : and the like is said in the L. See also above. (TA.) لَاتَهُ , aor. يَلُوتُ ; as also لَاتَهُ , aor. يَلِيتُ ; He withheld him, or restrained him, and turned him, or averted him, from his course, purpose, or object. (S, K, art ليت , q. v.)