غَفَلٌ
Root: غفل
Full Definition
غَفَلٌ
: see غَفْلَةٌ.
2 Also [Such as is] abundant and high [in estimation, app. of the means of subsistence]; syn. كَثِيرٌ رَفِيعٌ: (O, K: [or the latter word is correctly رَفِيغٌ, i. e. ample, and pleasant or good, as applied to the means of subsistence:]) and a state of ampleness of the means of subsistence: thus in the saying, هُوَ فِى غَفَلٍ مِنْ عَيْشِهِ [He is in a state of ampleness in respect of his means of subsistence: app. thus termed as being a cause of unmindfulness, or heedlessness].
2 Also [Such as is] abundant and high [in estimation, app. of the means of subsistence]; syn. كَثِيرٌ رَفِيعٌ: (O, K: [or the latter word is correctly رَفِيغٌ, i. e. ample, and pleasant or good, as applied to the means of subsistence:]) and a state of ampleness of the means of subsistence: thus in the saying, هُوَ فِى غَفَلٍ مِنْ عَيْشِهِ [He is in a state of ampleness in respect of his means of subsistence: app. thus termed as being a cause of unmindfulness, or heedlessness].
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