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غ-ف-ل

The Arabic root غ-ف-ل (gh-f-l)

Form I verb غَفَلَ: to be asleep

12 words in the dictionary are built from غ-ف-ل, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, IV, VI, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form II
غَفَّلَ
to neglect
Verb · Form IV
أَغْفَلَ
to neglect

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

غَفَلَ · present يَغْفُلُ
Form I · The plain action

to be asleep; to hide, to conceal (something); to be unaware, to be uncaring, to pay no consideration on; to neglect, to disregard, to omit carelessly and intentionally

غُفُول
Verbal noun
غَفْلَة
Verbal noun
neglect
غَافِل
Active participle
unaware
مَغْفُول
Passive participle
غَفَّلَ · present يُغَفِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to neglect, overlook, be or become oblivious to; to accuse of negligence or overlooking or obliviousness to; to make [+direct object] overlook, neglect, be or become oblivious to

تَغْفِيل
Verbal noun
مُغَفِّل
Active participle
Passive participle
fool
غَافَلَ · present يُغَافِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to catch by surprise, to catch unaware

مُغَافَلَة
Verbal noun
مُغَافِل
Active participle
مُغَافَل
Passive participle
أَغْفَلَ · present يُغْفِلُ
Form IV · Causative

to neglect, overlook, be or become oblivious to; to consider negligent, overlooking, oblivious to; to make [+direct object] neglect, overlook, be or become oblivious to

إِغْفَال
Verbal noun
verbal noun of أَغْفَلَ
مُغْفِل
Active participle
مُغْفَل
Passive participle
تَغَافَلَ · present يَتَغَافَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to feign negligence; to neglect

تَغَافُل
Verbal noun
مُتَغَافِل
Active participle
مُتَغَافَل
Passive participle
اِسْتَغْفَلَ · present يَسْتَغْفِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to regard as negligent

اِسْتِغْفَال
Verbal noun
مُسْتَغْفِل
Active participle
مُسْتَغْفَل
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

غَفْلَةً
Adverb
suddenly

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