غَفَلَ
Root: غفل
Form: 1
Full Definition
غَفَلَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun غُفُولٌ and غَفْلَةٌ, or the latter is a simple subst., or it is a simple subst. as well as an Verbal.Noun, and so may be غُفْلَانٌ, said in the K to be a simple subst.; and MF says that غَفِلَ, Present.T
ـَ of which غَفَلٌ, mentioned in the K as a subst. syn. with غَفْلَةٌ, may be the Verbal.Noun, has been mentioned by some as a dial. var. of غَفَلَ, but had not been found by him in any of the lexicological works notwithstanding much research, so that its correctness requires consideration; He was, or became, unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, or heedless, of it, or inadvertent to it; namely, a thing: or he neglected it; and was, or became, unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, or heedless, of it, or inadvertent to it: and sometimes it is used as meaning he neglected it [intentionally], leaving it, and turning away: and
اغفلهُ signifies the same as غَفَلَ عَنْهُ: or غَفَلَ signifies صَارَغَافِلًا [he became unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, heedless, or inadvertent]: and غَفَلَ عَنْهُ and
اغفلهُ signify وَصَّلَ
غَفْلَتَهُ إِلَيْهِ [which is app. said merely for the purpose of showing that the former verb is made trans. only by means of عَنْ, and the latter is trans. without any prep.; for وَصَّلَ الفِعْلَ إِلَى
مَفْعُوِلهِ and أَوْصَلَهُ إِلَيْهِ, which latter phrase is the more usual, mean “ he made the verb transitive ”]: or
اغفلهُ signifies he neglected it though remembering it. It is said in a trad., مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ i. e. He who pursues the object of the chase has his mind busied and possessed by it so that he becomes unmindful [&c. of other things].
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