أَلْفَتُ

1.
Strong-handed, who hoists, or wrings, him who strives, or grapples, with him. (TA.)
2.
A he-goat having crooked horns. (TA.) لَفْتَاءُ A she-goat having crooked horns. (K.)
3.
A he-goat having one of his horns twisted (S, K) upon, or over the other. (S.)
4.
لَفْتَاءُ A woman having distorted eyes; synonym حَوْلَاءُ. (K.)
5.
أَلْفَتُ (in the dialect of Keys, S) Stupid; foolish; of little sense; (S, K;) like أَعْفَتُ (S) [and أَعْفَكُ]: feminine لَفْتَاءُ: [see also لِفْتٌ:] so too لَفَاتٌ: (K:) or this signifies stupid, foolish, or of little sense, and of difficult, or stubborn disposition: (S:) [see also لَفُوتٌ:] or, according to A 'Obeyd, as mentioned in a marginal note in a copy of the S, لَفَاتٌ and its synonym هَفَاتٌ are correctly written لَفَاةٌ and هَفَاةٌ, for in a case of pause they are pronounced لَفَاهْ and هَفَاهْ: see هَفَاتٌ. (TA.)
6.
(In the dialect of Temeem, S,) Left-handed; who works with the left hand; (S, K;) as also أَلْفَكُ. (TA.)

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