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ذَهَلَ

Root: ذهل

Form: 1

Full Definition

ذَهَلَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ذَهْلٌ, or ذُهُولٌ, or both; and ذَهِلَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ذُهُولٌ; He forgot it, or neglected it; he was, or became, unmindful of it; or he neglected it intentionally; (JK, T, M, K, * TA; عَلَى عَهْدٍ in the K being a mistake for على عَمْدٍ, as in the [JK and T and] M; TA;) or in consequence of his being diverted by something: or he forgot it, or dismissed it from his mind, intentionally, and became diverted from it: ذُهُولٌ is the neglecting a thing, dismissing it from the mind: or the quitting a thing, with confusion, or perplexity, or alienation of mind, such as arises from fear &c.: or the being diverted from one's constant companion, or familiar, so as to forget him; and being content to relinquish him: or diversion that occasions grief and forgetfulness. Hence, in the Kur [xxii. 2], يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّا أَرْضَعَتٌ [On the when thou shalt see it, every woman giving suck shall forget, or neglect, &c., what she has suckled].

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