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غَفْلَةٌ ذ the subst. from غَفَلَ, (ISd, K,) or it is an inf. n. (S, O, Msb, TA) and also a simple subst., (TA,) or the subst. is ↓ غَفَلَةٌ , with fet-h to the ف to distinguish it from the inf. n.; (Msb;) as also ↓ غَفَلٌ , (ISd, K,) or this may be the inf. n. of غَفِلَ, mentioned above as a dial. var. outweighed in authority; (TA;) and ↓ غُفْلَانٌ , (K,) or this may be an inf. n. like كُفْرَانٌ, and it may be a simple subst.; (TA;) Unmindfulness, forgetfulness, neglectfulness, heedlessness, or inadvertence; (Msb, K;) [the state in which is] absence of a thing from the mind of a man; and unmindfulness, or forgetfulness: and sometimes, intentional neglect: (Msb;) or غَفْلَةٌ signifies the forgetting, neglecting, or being unmindful, of a thing: (Abu-l-Bakà, TA:) or the want of requisite knowledge or cognizance of a thing: (El-Harállee, TA:) or, accord. to Er-Raghib, negligence occurring from littleness of consideration and of vigilance; or, as some say, the following the soul in that which it desires, (TA.) [فِى غَفْلَةٍ In a state of unmindfulness &c., and عَنْ غَفْلَةٍ in consequence of unmindfulness &c., may often be rendered at unawares.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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