فل

ى1 فَلَى رأْسَهُ, (M, Mgh, K,) and ثِيَابَهُ, (Mgh,) [aor. ـِ inf. n. فَلْىٌ; (M, Mgh;) and رَأْسَهُ ↓ فلّى

also; (K; [but not in my copy of the TA;]) He searched his head, (M, Mgh, K,) and his clothes, (Mgh,) for lice: (M, Mgh, K:) [and it appears from an explanation below (see 8) that افتلى رَأْسَهُ perhaps signifies the same:] or one says, فَلَيْتُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ القَمْلِ [I searched his head for lice]: (S:) or فَلَيْتُ رَأْسِى, aor. as above, and so the inf. n., signifies I cleared my head of lice. (Msb.) [See also الفِلَآءُ, below.] In the saying of 'Amr Ibn-Maadee-kerib, تَرَاهُ كَالثَّغَامِ يُغَلُّّ مِسْكًا يَسْوْءُ الفَالِيَاتِ إِذَا فَلَيْنِى

[Thou seest it (meaning the white hair intermixing with black) like the thagham (the plant so called) inserted in musk, grieving the lousing women when they louse me], فَلَيْنِى is for فَلَيْنَنِى, (T, S,) the two ن being deemed difficult of utterance; (T;) as Akh says, he has rejected the latter ن because it is merely a preservative to the verb [lest its affix should be supposed to form an essential part of it], whereas the former ن may not be rejected, because it is the pronoun of the verb. (S.) b2: [Hence,] فَلَى الشِّعْرَ, (ISk, T, S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He considered, and endeavoured to understand, the poetry, and elicited its meanings, (ISk, T, S, K, TA,) and what was strange of it: (ISk, S, TA:) or, accord. to the A, he investigated the meanings of the poetry: one says, اِفْلِ هٰذَا البَيْتَ فَإِنَّهُ صَعْبٌ (tropical:) [Investigate thou the meaning of this verse, for it is difficult]. (TA.) [Freytag has mentioned فَلَا, in art. فلو, as signifying “ Disquisivit,” and as followed by عن; from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.] and فَلَى الأَمْرَ (assumed tropical:) He considered, or examined, the various modes of the affair, or case, endeavouring to obtain a clear knowledge of them, and looked to its result. (T, TA.) And فَلَيْتُ القُومَ بِعَيْنِى (assumed tropical:) [I examined the people, or party, with my eye, in order to know them]: and فَلَيْتُ خَبَرَهُمْ (assumed tropical:) [I examined their state, or case, in order to know it]. (TA.) And فَلَاهُ فِى عَقْلِهِ, (T, M, K, TA,) aor. as above, (T, TA,) and so the inf. n., (M, TA,) (tropical:) He looked, or examined, to see what was his intelligence: (T, TA:) or he tried, or tested, him, in respect of his intelligence. (M, K, TA.) b3: فَلَيْتُ القَوْمَ I entered amid the breaks, or interspaces, of the people; (T, TA; *) as also فَلَوْتُهُمْ; (T;) and so ↓ أَفْلَيْتُهُمْ. (TA.) And فَلَى المَفَازَةَ He passed through the مفازة [i. e. desert, or waterless desert]. (TA.) b4: فَلَاهُ بَالسَّيْفِ, aor. ـْ (K, TA,) inf. n. فَلْىٌ, (TA,) signifies the same as فَلَاهُ, aor. ـْ (K, TA,) inf. n. فَلْوٌ. (TA.) See the latter verb in art. فلو.

A2: فَلِىَ i. q. اِنْقَطَعَ [It, or he, was cut, or cut off, &c.]. (IAar, T, K.) 2 فَلَّىَ see the first sentence above.4 أَفْلَىَ see 1, near the end of the paragraph.5 تفلّى He applied himself, as to a task, to the act of searching his head for lice. (T, * M, TA.) 6 تفالت الحُمُرُ The asses scratched, scraped, or rubbed, one another; as though they were lousing one another. (M, TA.) b2: See also 10.8 يَفْتَلُونَ الفَلَاةَ, (T,) or المَكَانَ, (K, *) (tropical:) They depasture the herbage (T, K *) of the فلاة [or desert, or waterless desert, &c.], (T,) or of the place, (K,) and seek for the portions of herbage that are beginning to dry up therein; like as [is done when] the head is searched for lice (كَمَا يُفْتَلَى الرَّأْسُ or كما يُفْلَى الرأس accord. to two transcripts from the T). (T in arts. فلو and فلى of the TT.) [This meaning of the verb is expl. (imperfectly) in art. فلو, to which it does not belong.]10 استفلى رَأْسَهُ, and ↓ تفالى, (S, K,) i. e. تفالى

هُوَ [not تفالى رأسه], (S,) He desired that his head might be searched for lice. (S, K.) A2: And استفلاهُ He exposed himself to have his head struck and cut with the sword: (M, TA:) a poet says, أَمَاتَرَانِى رَابِطَ الجَنَانِ

أَفْلِيهِ بِالسَّيْفِ إِذَا اسْتَفْلَانِى

[Dost thou not see me to be strong of heart? I will strike and cut his head with the sword when he exposes himself to be so struck &c.]

فِلْيَةٌ, mentioned in this art. by Freytag, with فَلَالِىٌّ as its pl., is taken by him from a mistranscription in the CK in art. فل: see فِلِّيَّةٌ in that art.]

الفلَآءُ, like كِسَآء [in measure], means فلآء الشعر, [evidently, I think, فِلَآءُ الشَّعَرَ, or the first word may be a mistranscription for فَلْىُ,] i. e. اخذك ما فيه [lit. Thy taking what is in it, in which “ it ”

refers to the شعر: app. a euphemism for the taking of lice from the hair: if so, it may be an inf. n., like فَلْىٌ; (see 1, first sentence;) or it may be a simple subst., like what here follows]: mentioned by IAmb, from his companions. (TA.) فِلَايَةٌ [The act of searching the head for lice;] the subst. from فَلَى رَأْسَهُ signifying “ he searched his head for lice. ” (Lth, * T, * K.) [See also the next preceding paragraph.]

فَالٍ act. part. n. of 1: fem. فَالِيَةٌ.] فَالِيَاتٌ and فَوَالٍ [are pls. of فَالِيَةٌ and] signify Women who search the head for lice. (T, TA.) See an ex. of the former pl. in the verse cited in the first paragraph. b2: فَالِيَةُ الأَفَاعِى (in which the former word is a pl. [in meaning], M, TA) signifies [lit. The lousers of the vipers; meaning,] accord. to the A, certain species of the kind [of beetles] called خَنَافِس [pl. of خُنْفَسَآء], speckled, found at the holes of the serpents, which they louse: (TA:) or a certain خنفسآء, speckled (M, K) with [the colour termed]

صُحْمَة, which is found at the holes [of serpents &c.], and is the mistress of خَنَافِس; (M;) which is familiar with scorpions and serpents; so that when it comes forth from a hole [thereof], it makes known their existence [therein]: (K:) or certain small things like خنَافس, speckled; which are familiar with scorpions and serpents; so that when they are seen in the hole [thereof] it is known that behind them are scorpions and serpents: (T:) or certain insects (دَوَابُّ) that are found at the holes of the [lizards called] ضِبَاب [pl. of ضَبُّ]; so that when they come forth, it is known that the ضَبّ is coming forth inevitably. (M.) Hence one says, اتتكم فَالِيَةُ الأَفَاعِى, (IAar, T, M, K, *) meaning (assumed tropical:) The beginning of evil to be looked for [has come to you], (IAar, T,) or the beginnings of evil [hare come to you]; (K;) which is a prov. (IAar, T.) b3: And [hence] اِبْنُ الفَوَالِى means The جَانّ; i. e. the serpent [so called]. (T in art. بنى.) فَالِيَةٌ [fem. of فَالٍ, q. v. b2: And also] A knife. (T.)

فلو

1 فَلَاهُ, (M, K,) first Pers\. فَلَوْتُهُ, (S, M, Msb,) aor. ـُ (TA,) inf. n. فَلْوٌ, (M, K, TA,) with fet-h, and فِلَآءٌ accord. to the M, or فَلَآءٌ accord. to the K, (TA,) He withdrew him from sucking; namely, a colt, (M, K,) and a young ass, (M,) and a child; (M, K;) as also ↓ افلاهُ, and ↓ افتلاهُ: (M, K: *) or he weaned, or ablactated, him, as also ↓ افلاهُ, and ↓ افتلاهُ: (K:) or فَلَاهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ and ↓ افتلاهُ signify thus; relating to a colt and a young ass: (S: [and in a similar manner both are expl. in the T, on the authority of ISk:]) or فَلَاهُ, (M,) or فَلَاهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ, relating to a colt and a young ass, (T,) signifies thus; (T, M;) but ↓ افتلاهُ, (M,) or افتلاهُ لِنَفْسِهِ, (T,) signifies he took him for himself [app. from his mother]: (T, M:) or فَلَوْتُهُ and ↓ أَفْلَيْتُهُ signify I separated him from him mother; namely, a colt: and فُلِيَت is said of a filly [meaning she was separated &c.]. (Msb.) [Hence,] the ↓ فَلَاة [q. v.] is [said to be] thus called لِأَنَّهَا فُلِيَتْ عَنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ, [Because it is as though it were weaned, and removed, from everything good]. (M.) b2: And فَلَوْتُهُ I reared him, or brought him up; [namely, a youth, or boy;] as also ↓ اِفْتَلَيْتُهُ: a poet says, وَلَيْسَ يَهْلِكُ مِنَّا سَيِّدٌ أَبَدًا

إِلَّا افْتَلَيْنَا غُلَامًا سَيِّدًا فِينَا [And a chief of us does not ever perish but we rear a youth to be a chief among us]. (S.) A2: فَلَاهُ بِالسَّيْفِ, (M, K,) first Pers\. فَلَوْتُهُ and فَلَنْتُهُ, (T, S,) inf. n. فَلْوٌ and فَلْىٌ, (M in this art. and in art. فلى,) He struck (S, M, K) him, (K,) or his head, (S, M,) with the sword: (S, M, K:) or he struck, or cut, it, i. e. one's head, with the sword. (T * and M in art. فلى.) b2: And فَلَوْتُ القَوْمَ I entered amid the breaks, or interspaces, of the people; like فَلَيْتُهُمْ. (T, TA.) A3: فَلَا as intrans., said of a man, He journeyed, or went forth to journey. (IAar, T, K.) b2: And He became intelligent after being ignorant. (IAar, T, K.) 4 أَفْلَوَ see 1, first sentence, in three places. b2: افلت said of a mare, (M, K,) and of a she-ass, (M,) means She was one whose colt had attained to the age for his being weaned, (M, K.) and the phrase قَدْ أَفْلَيْنَ أَمْهَارَا, ending a verse of 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, and referring to wild animals, means, as expl. by AHn, that had become in the state in which their young ones were full-grown and in no need of their mothers. (M.) A2: And افلى القَوْمُ The people, or party, came to the فَلَاة [or desert, &c.]: (S, K: *) or, as Z says, entered it; which is nearly the same as the former explanation. (TA.) 8 إِفْتَلَوَ see 1, in six places: A2: and see also art. فلى.

فَلًا [a coll. gen. n.]: see فَلَاةٌ.

يَافُلَا and يَا فُلَاةُ: see يَا فُلُ, in art. فل.

فِلْوٌ: see فَلُوٌّ.

فَلَاةٌ A [desert such as is termed] قَفْر; (M, K;) so called for a reason mentioned above, in the first paragraph, q. v.; (M;) or [such as is called]

مَفَازَة; (T, S, K;) in which is no water; or, in the fewer cases, in which there is an interval of two days with a portion of the day preceding them and of the day following them between the waterings of camels and of one day between the waterings of asses and of sheep or goats (لِلْإِبِلِ رِبْعٌ وَلِلْحَمِيرِ وَالغَنَمِ غَبٌّ): (M, K:) or a land in which is no water: (Msb:) or a wide [desert such as is termed صَحْرَآء: (M, K:) pl. فَلَوَاتٌ, (T, S, M, K,) a pl. of pauc., (TA,) and ↓ فَلًا, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) [or rather this is a coll. gen. n. of which فَلَاةٌ is the n. un.,] and فُلِىٌّ, (M, K,) or this is pl. of فَلًا, (S,) and [so are] فِلِىٌّ (M, K) and فُلُوٌّ [which is the original of فُلِىٌّ and فِلِىٌّ], (CK,) أَفْلَآءٌ is [likewise] pl. of فَلًا. (S, M, Msb, K. *) b2: [أَخُو الفَلَاةِ A man of the desert: or one who travels in the desert or deserts.] b3: And اِبْنُ الفَلَاةِ The حِرْبَآء

[or male chameleon]. (T in art. بنى.) فِلَآءٌ, mentioned in the paragraph here following as a pl. of فَلُوٌّ, signifies also Bones. (TA.) فَلُوٌّ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and فُلُوٌّ (M, K) and ↓ فِلْوٌ (S, M, Msb, K) A colt, (S, Mgh,) because he is weaned; (S;) or a colt, and a young ass, (M, Msb, K,) when weaned, (M, K,) or separated from his mother: (Msb:) or when a year old; (K;) or فَلُوٌّ signifies also a colt that is a year old: (M: [see قَارِحٌ:]) and a light, or an active, ass: (IAar, TA voce يَعْفُورٌ:) and sometimes (S) the female is called فَلُوَّةٌ: (S, Msb:) the pl. is أَفْلَآءٌ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) like أَعْدَاءٌ as pl. of عَدُوٌّ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) and like أَحْبَارٌ as pl. of حِبْرٌ, (TA,) and also فَلَاوَى, (S, K,) and فُلْوٌ, mentioned by Fr, (M, TA,) and فِلَآءٌ is mentioned as a pl. of فَلُوّ signifying a colt by Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee. (TA.) بَدَوِيَّةٌ فَلَوِيَّةٌ are epithets applied to a woman [each signifying Of, or belonging to, the فَلَاة, or desert]. (TA.) مُفْلٍ and مُفْلِيَةٌ A mare having a فَلُوّ. (S, TA.)