Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تغافل

Root: غفل

Form: 6

Full Definition

تغافلVI He feigned himself unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, heedless, or inadvertent; not being so really. [And] He was intentionally, or purposely, unmindful, forgetful, &c.; as also تغفّل : or the former has this meaning: but تغفّل signifies he was deceived, or circumvented, in a state of unmindfulness, forgetfulness, &c. تغافل عَنْهُ: see 5. It means [also] He was unmindful, &c., of him, or it: or he feigned himself unmindful, &c., of him, or it.


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