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, according to the M, a desert, or waterless desert, that causes one to lose his way, wherein is no sign, or mark: (TA:) plural أَغْفَالٌ, (S, TA,) synonym 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.)

Also A road, or way, &c., in which is no sign, or mark, whereby it may be known. (K.)

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,] according to Lh, one says قِدَاحٌ غُفْلٌ, using the singular 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.)

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 dialect var. thereof, or is used by poetic license: the plural is أَغْفَالٌ. (TA.) The plural (أَغْفَالٌ) is also applied to Camels, or cattle, (نَعَمٌ,) that yield no milk. (TA.)

And A مُصْحَف [or copy of the Qur'an] bare of the [signs called] عَوَاشِر [plural of عَاشِرَةٌ q. v.] and the like of these. (TA.)

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]: plural أَغْفَالٌ. (TA.)

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: plural 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.)

And The fur (lit. furs, or soft portions of hair, أَوْبَار, [perhaps because long left unshorn,]) of camels. (AHn, K, TA.)