ملت

1 مَلَتَ, aor. ـِ (inf. n. مَلْتٌ, TA.) He put [a thing] in motion, or into a state of commotion: (ISd, K:) like مَتَلَ: also mentioned by IDrd, who expresses uncertainty as to its correctness. (TA.) مِلِّيتٌ i. q. سنْفُ المَرْخِ; (K;) i. e., The leaves of the tree called مَرْخ. (TA.) أَمْلُوتٌ an epithet applied to a مَفَازَة [or water-less desert]. (Marg. note in a copy of the S.) أَمَالِيتُ Swift camels. (K.) It is said to be a quasi-pl. n.: or a pl. that has no sing.: or its sing. is أُمْلُوتٌ or إِمَلِيتٌ: some of the lexicologists reject it. (MF.)