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أَفَلَ

Root: افل

Form: 1

Full Definition

أَفَلَI , said of a thing, or of the moon, and أَفَلَتْ, said of the sun, and of the stars, Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun أُفُولٌ and أفْلٌ, It was, or became, absent, or hidden, or concealed; it set; and so أَفِلَ, Present.T ـَ.
2 Hence, أَفَلَ فُلَانٌ عَنِ البَلَدِ Such a one became absent, or went away, from the country, or town.
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