لَفَتَهُ

, aorist لَفِتَ , (K,) verbal noun لَفْتٌ, (S,) He twisted, wrung, or turned, him, or it, (S, K), in a way different from his, or its, [proper] direction: as when you grasp a man's throat, and twist or wring it. (TA.)

تِلْفِتُ البَقَرَةُ الخَلَى بِلِسَانِهَا [The cow turns about the fresh herb with her tongue]. (S, from a tradition) [For الخَلَا, as in copies of the S, I have substituted الخَلَى. To this action is likened a hypocrite's reading of the Qur'an.]

لَفَتَهُ He twisted, or wrung, his neck, and broke it; as also عَفَتَهُ and حَفَتَهُ. (Az, in TA, article حفت.)

لَفَتَهُ المَوْتُ Death took him away suddenly; as also فَلَتَهُ. (T, TA, article فلت)

لَفَتَهُ, aorist لَفِتَ , verbal noun لَفْتٌ, He turned him aside, to the right or left. (Msb.)

لَفَتَهُ عِنِ الشَّىْءِ aorist لَفِتَ , verbal noun لَفْتٌ, He turned away, averted, or diverted, him from the thing. (TA.) So in the Qur'an, x., 79. (Fr.)

مَا لَفَتَكَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ What hath turned thee away, or averted thee, or diverted thee, from such a one (Fr.)

لَفَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ (tropical:) He turned him from his opinion. (S, K.)

لَفَتَ وَجْهَهُ عَنِّى He turned away, or averted, his face from me. (S.)

لَفَتَ المَاشِيَةَ, aorist لَفِتَ , (verbal noun لَفْتٌ, TA,) He beat the camels or sheep or goats, not caring which of them he struck. (K.)

لَفَتَ الْكَلَامَ, aorist لَفِتَ , verbal noun لَفْتٌ, (tropical:) He sent forth, or uttered, words, without caring what might be the meaning. (TA.)

-A2- لَفَتَ شَيْيءًا, [aorist لَفِتَ ,] verbal noun لَفْتٌ, He stirred a thing about and over, like as flour is stirred about and over with clarified butter, &c. (TA.) [See لَفِيتَةٌ.]

لَفَتَ اللِّحَاءَ عَنِ الشَّجَرِ He removed, or pulled off, the peel, or rind, from the trees: (K:) or, according to the A, عَنِ العُودِ from the twig, or branch. (TA.)

لَفَتَ الرِّيشَ عَلَى السَّهْمِ He put the feathers upon the arrow not so that they were well-composed, or equal, or even, or uniform, (غَيْرَ مُتَلَايءِمٍ [i. e., not so that they were what is termed لُوءَام,]) but as they happened to be. (K.)