فَلَتَانٌ
1.
i. q.
تَفَلُّتٌ: (M:) [or] it is from التَّفَلُّتُ, (T,) like صَلَتَانٌ (T, S) from الاِنْصِلَاتُ: (T:) an epithet signifying Brisk, lively, or sprightly, (Lth, T, S, O, K,) and sharp of spirit; (Lth, T, S, O;) applied to a man, (Lth, T,) or to a horse, (S, O,) as also
فُلَتٌ and
فُلَّتٌ and
فِلْتَانٌ, (O,) the last of which is said by Kr to be plural of فَلَتَانٌ signifying swift, fleet, or quick; (M;) or all are applied in this latter sense to a horse: (K:) and
فُلَتَةٌ
كُلَتَةٌ, applied to a horse, that leaps, springs, or bounds, with his whole body and limbs. (K in article كلت.) Also, i. e. فَلَتَانٌ, Strong, sturdy, hard, or hardy; (T, O, K; *) applied to a man. (T, O.) And Bold, or daring; (T, O, K;) applied to a man: (T:) and so فَلَتَانَةٌ applied to a woman. (T, O.) And Desirous of evil, or mischief. (M, TA.) And, some say, Fleshy; having much flesh. (M.)
2.
Also A certain bird, (M, K, TA,) of which they assert that it preys upon birds, (M,) or that preys upon apes, or monkeys, (K, TA,) said by AHát to be the
زُمَّج, (TA,) which, according to him, is the male eagle: (TA in article زمج:) it is of a colour inclining to yellow; and sometimes it seizes the lamb, or kid, and the young child: thus in the “ Hayát el- Hayawán ” &c. (TA.)