ثَيْتَلَ

, (K and TA, in the CK تَثَيْتَلَ,) He feigned himself stupid after feigning himself intelligent: (K, TA:) according to some copies, after feigning himself negligent, or inadvertent: (تَغَافُل being put in the place of تَعَاقُل:) [apparently from the subst. below:] but the word as mentioned by IAar is تنتل [apparently a mistranscription for ثَنْتَلَ]. (TA.)