أَلْفَتُ
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Strong-handed, who hoists, or wrings, him who strives, or grapples, with him. (TA.)
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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.)