غَفْلَةٌ

the subst. from غَفَلَ, (ISd, K,) or it is a verbal noun (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 verbal noun; (Msb;) as also ↓ غَفَلٌ, (ISd, K,) or this may be the verbal noun of غَفِلَ, mentioned above as a dialect var. outweighed in authority; (TA;) and ↓ غُفْلَانٌ, (K,) or this may be a verbal noun 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, according 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.]