Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

المُؤْتَفِكَاتُ

Root: افك

Full Definition

المُؤْتَفِكَاتُ and المُوْتَفِكَةٌ, both occurring in the Kur, [the former in ix. 71 and lxix. 9, and the latter in liii. 54,] The cities overthrown, or subverted, by God, upon the people of Lot.
2 The former also signifies The winds that turn over [the surface of] the earth, or ground: or the winds that blow from different quarters: it is said that when these winds blow much, the earth thrives, or yields increase.


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