افكة

[so in the TA, without any syll. signs; apparently either أَفْكَةٌ, a verbal noun of un., or ↓ افِكَةٌ, like دَاهِيَةٌ;] A punishment sent by God, whereby the dwellings of a people are overturned: occurring in a tradition relating to the story of the people of Lot. (TA.)