1 غَفَلَ عَنْهُ  , (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. غَفُلَ , (S, O, Msb,) inf. n. غُفُولٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and غَفْلَةٌ, (S, O, Msb,) or the latter is a simple subst., (K,) or it is a simple subst. as well as an inf. n., and so may be غُفْلَانٌ, said in the K to be a simple subst.; and MF says that غَفِلَ, aor. غَفَلَ , of which غَفَلٌ, mentioned in the K as a subst. syn. with غَفْلَةٌ, may be the inf. n., has been mentioned by some as a dial. var. of غَفَلَ, but had not been found by him in any of the lexicological works notwithstanding much research, so that its correctness requires consideration; (TA;) He was, or became, unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, or heedless, of it, or inadvertent to it; (Msb;) namely, a thing: (S, O, Msb:) or he neglected it; and was, or became, unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, or heedless, of it, or inadvertent to it: (K:) and sometimes it is used as meaning he neglected it [intentionally], leaving it, and turning away: (Msb:) and ↓ اغفلهُ signifies the same as غَفَلَ عَنْهُ: or غَفَلَ signifies صَارَغَافِلًا [he became unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, heedless, or inadvertent]: and غَفَلَ عَنْهُ and ↓ اغفلهُ signify وَصَّلَ غَفْلَتَهُ إِِلَيْهِ [which is app. said merely for the purpose of showing that the former verb is made trans. only by means of عَنْ, and the latter is trans. without any prep.; for وَصَّلَ الفِعْلَ إِِلَى مَفْعُوِلهِ and أَوْصَلَهُ إِِلَيْهِ, which latter phrase is the more usual, mean “ he made the verb transitive ”]: (K:) or ↓ اغفلهُ signifies he neglected it (i. e. a thing) though remembering it. ('Eyn, Sb, S, O, Msb.) It is said in a trad., مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ i. e. He who pursues the object of the chase has his mind busied and possessed by it so that he becomes unmindful [&c. of other things]. (TA.) 2 غفّلهُ  , inf. n. تَغْفِيلٌ, He made him to become unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, heedless, or inadvertent. (Msb.) ― -b2- See also 4. ― -b3- التَّغْفِيلُ signifies [also] The sufficing one's companion [in respect of an affair] when he who is the object thereof is unmindful, unoccupied [in mind, or actually,] by anything. (ISk, K, TA.) [You say, غفّل صَاحِبَهُ meaning He sufficed his companion in respect of an affair when he (the latter) was unmindful, &c.] -A2- And غفّلهُ, (Mgh, O, K, but in my copy of the Mgh written without tesh-deed,) inf. n. as above, (O, K,) He concealed it, (Mgh, O, K,) namely, a thing. (Mgh, O.) 3 غافلهُ  [app. He acted with him in the manner of him who is unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, heedless, or inadvertent]. (TA voce سَاهَاهُ, q. v., in art. سهو.) 4 اغفلهُ  : see 1, in three places. ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, مَا أَغْفَلَهُ عَنْكَ شَيْئًا [app. lit. signifying How unmindful of thee is he as to anything! and therefore virtually] meaning dismiss doubt [from thee respecting him as to anything]. (TA. [See further explanations of it voce شَىْءٌ.]) ― -b3- And اغفلهُ عَنْهُ He made him to be unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, or heedless, of it, or inadvertent to it; (S, * O, TA;) namely, a thing. (S.) [Or] اغفلهُ signifies He, or it, smote him, or lighted on him, he (the latter) being غَافِل [i. e. unmindful, &c.]: or he made him to be غَافِل: or he called him, or named him, غَافِل: and in like manner ↓ غفّلهُ , inf. n. تَغْفِيلٌ: (TA:) or تَغْفِيلٌ signifies the calling [one] unmindful, &c.: and the rendering [one] stupid, or foolish. (KL.) ― -b4- And اغفلهُ signifies also He asked him [for, or respecting, a thing] in the time of his occupation, not waiting for the time of his freedom therefrom. (TA.) ― -b5- And اغفل الدَّابَّةَ He left the beast unbranded; did not brand it. (S, O.) 5 تغفّل  as intrans.: see 6, in two places. -A2- تغفّلهُ He watched for his unmindfulness, forgetfulness, negligence, heedlessness, or inadvertence; (S, Mgh, O, Msb;) as also عَنْهُ ↓ تغافل , (S, O,) and ↓ استغفلهُ : (TA:) تغافل [as trans.] in this sense [without a prep.] is a mistake. (Mgh.) 6 تغافل  He feigned himself unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, heedless, or inadvertent; not being so really. (Msb.) [And] He was intentionally, or purposely, unmindful, forgetful, &c.; as also ↓ تغفّل : (K:) or the former has this meaning: but ↓ تغفّل signifies he was deceived, or circumvented, in a state of unmindfulness, forgetfulness, &c. (TA.) 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. (MA.) 10 استغفلهُ : see 5. غُفْلٌ  Land without cultivation: (K:) or without any way-mark: (Msb:) or without any waymark and without cultivation: (S, O:) or not rained upon: (Ks, S, O:) or unknown; in which is no known trace; or vestige: and, accord. to the M, a desert, or waterless desert, that causes one to lose his way, wherein is no sign, or mark: (TA:) pl. أَغْفَالٌ, (S, TA,) syn. with مَوَاتٌ [q. v.]; (S:) and Lh mentions the phrase أَرْضٌ أَغْفَالٌ, as though they made every portion thereof to be what is termed غُفْلٌ: and بِلَادٌ أَغْفَالٌ, meaning [tracts of country] wherein are no way-marks by which to be directed. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A road, or way, &c., in which is no sign, or mark, whereby it may be known. (K.) ― -b3- And A gaming-arrow (قِدْحٌ) upon which is no mark [or notch to distinguish it]; (K;) such as has no portion assigned to it, and no fine: (O, K:) [or,] accord. to Lh, one says قِدَاحٌ غُفْلٌ, using the sing. form [of the epithet] meaning [gaming arrows] in which are no notches, and to which is assigned no portion and no fine: they used to be added to give additional weight to the collection of arrows from fear of occasioning suspicion [of foul play], i. e. to increase the number: and they were four; the first [called] المُصَدَّرُ; the next, المُضَعَّفُ; the next, المَنِيحُ; and the next, السَّفِيحُ. (TA.) ― -b4- And A beast (دَابَّةٌ) having no brand upon it: (S, O, K:) and a she-camel that is not branded, in order that the poor-rate may not be [considered as] incumbent for her: and ↓ غُفُلٌ is a dial. var. thereof, or is used by poetic license: the pl. is أَغْفَالٌ. (TA.) The pl. (أَغْفَالٌ) is also applied to Camels, or cattle, (نَعَمٌ,) that yield no milk. (TA.) ― -b5- And A مُصْحَف [or copy of the Kur-án] bare of the [signs called] عَوَاشِر [pl. of عَاشِرَةٌ q. v.] and the like of these. (TA.) ― -b6- And A book, or writing, [that is anonymous,] of which the author is not named. (TA.) And Poetry of which the author is unknown. (K.) And A poet unknown (K, TA) and unnamed [or anonymous]: pl. أَغْفَالٌ. (TA.) ― -b7- Also A man inexperienced in affairs. (S, O, Msb, TA.) One whose beneficence is not hoped for, nor his evilness feared; (K, TA;) he being like the shackled that is neglected: pl. as above. (TA.) And One having no grounds of pretension to respect or honour: (K, TA:) or, as some say, of whom one knows not what he possesses. (TA.) ― -b8- And The fur (lit. furs, or soft portions of hair, أَوْبَار, [perhaps because long left unshorn,]) of camels. (AHn, K, TA.) غَفَلٌ  : see غَفْلَةٌ. ― -b2- 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, (so in the TK,) i. e. ample, and pleasant or good, as applied to the means of subsistence:]) and a state of ampleness of the means of subsistence: (O, K:) 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]. (O.) غُفُلٌ  : see غُفْلٌ, latter half. غَفْلَةٌ  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.] غَفَلَةٌ  : see the next preceding paragraph. غَفْلَانٌ  , or غَفْلَانُ: see غَافِلٌ. غُفْلَانٌ  : see غَفْلَةٌ. غَفُولٌ  A she-camel that does not take fright and flee, (K, TA,) nor hold back from a young one that she suckles, nor care who milks her. (TA.) غَافِلٌ  [and ↓ غَفْلَانٌ , or غَفْلَانُ, Unmindful, forgetful, neglectful, heedless, or inadvertent: and the former, sometimes, intentionally neglecting: pl. of the former غُفُولٌ and غُفَّلٌ]. (K.) مُغْفِلٌ ذ Possessing camels not branded. (TA.) مَغْفَلَةٌ  The عَنْفَقَة [or tuft of hair beneath the lower lip]; (O, K, TA;) so says Th, (O,) or Ez-Zejjájee: (TA:) not the two sides thereof as it is said to signify by J: (K:) so called because many men neglect [the washing of] it. (TA.) It is said in a trad., عَلَيْكَ بِالْمَغْفَلَةِ [Keep thou to the washing of the tuft of hair beneath the lower lip]: meaning that one should use heedfulness in washing it, in the performance of the ablution termed وُضُوء. (TA.) مُغَفَّلٌ  [lit. Made unmindful, &c.; see its verb: and hence, a simpleton; or] devoid of intelligence, sagacity, skill, or natural understanding. (IDrd, Mgh, O, Msb, K.) Credit: Lane Lexicon