غفلة

Arabic

Root
غ ف ل (ḡ-f-l)

Etymology 1

Instance noun from the verb غَفَلَ (ḡafala, “to become heedless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaf.la/

Noun

غَفْلَة • (ḡafla) f (plural غَفْلَات (ḡaflāt) or غَفَلَات (ḡafalāt))

1. neglect
2. carelessness, heedlessness

   فِي غَفْلَة ― fī ḡafla ― in heedlessness, heedlessly

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:1:

     ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مُّعْرِضُونَ

     The time of people’s judgment has drawn near, yet they are heedlessly turning away.

Declension

Declension of noun غَفْلَة (ḡafla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَفْلَة ḡafla	الْغَفْلَة al-ḡafla	غَفْلَة ḡaflat
Nominative	غَفْلَةٌ ḡaflatun	الْغَفْلَةُ al-ḡaflatu	غَفْلَةُ ḡaflatu
Accusative	غَفْلَةً ḡaflatan	الْغَفْلَةَ al-ḡaflata	غَفْلَةَ ḡaflata
Genitive	غَفْلَةٍ ḡaflatin	الْغَفْلَةِ al-ḡaflati	غَفْلَةِ ḡaflati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَفْلَتَيْن ḡaflatayn	الْغَفْلَتَيْن al-ḡaflatayn	غَفْلَتَيْ ḡaflatay
Nominative	غَفْلَتَانِ ḡaflatāni	الْغَفْلَتَانِ al-ḡaflatāni	غَفْلَتَا ḡaflatā
Accusative	غَفْلَتَيْنِ ḡaflatayni	الْغَفْلَتَيْنِ al-ḡaflatayni	غَفْلَتَيْ ḡaflatay
Genitive	غَفْلَتَيْنِ ḡaflatayni	الْغَفْلَتَيْنِ al-ḡaflatayni	غَفْلَتَيْ ḡaflatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَفْلَات‎; غَفَلَات ḡaflāt‎; ḡafalāt	الْغَفْلَات‎; الْغَفَلَات al-ḡaflāt‎; al-ḡafalāt	غَفْلَات‎; غَفَلَات ḡaflāt‎; ḡafalāt
Nominative	غَفْلَاتٌ‎; غَفَلَاتٌ ḡaflātun‎; ḡafalātun	الْغَفْلَاتُ‎; الْغَفَلَاتُ al-ḡaflātu‎; al-ḡafalātu	غَفْلَاتُ‎; غَفَلَاتُ ḡaflātu‎; ḡafalātu
Accusative	غَفْلَاتٍ‎; غَفَلَاتٍ ḡaflātin‎; ḡafalātin	الْغَفْلَاتِ‎; الْغَفَلَاتِ al-ḡaflāti‎; al-ḡafalāti	غَفْلَاتِ‎; غَفَلَاتِ ḡaflāti‎; ḡafalāti
Genitive	غَفْلَاتٍ‎; غَفَلَاتٍ ḡaflātin‎; ḡafalātin	الْغَفْلَاتِ‎; الْغَفَلَاتِ al-ḡaflāti‎; al-ḡafalāti	غَفْلَاتِ‎; غَفَلَاتِ ḡaflāti‎; ḡafalāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəflət
• → Indonesian: gaflat
• → Classical Persian: غفلت (ġaflat)
  • → Ahirani: गफलत (gaphlat)
  • → Dogri: ġaflat

    Devanagari script: ग़फ़लत

    Dogra script: 𑠌𑠺𑠟𑠺𑠥𑠙

  • → Gojri: غفلت (ġaflat)
  • → Gujarati: ગફલત (gaphlat)
  • → Hindustani: ġaflat

    Hindi: ग़फ़लत

    Urdu: غَفْلَت (ġaflat)

  • → Maithili: gaphlati

    Devanagari script: गफलति

    Tirhuta script: 𑒑𑒤𑒪𑒞𑒱

  • → Malvi: गफलत (gaphlat)
  • → Marathi: गफलत (gaphlat)
  • → Nepali: गफलत (gaphalat)
  • → Odia: ଗଫଲତ (gôphôlôtô)
  • → Punjabi: ġaflat

    Gurmukhi script: ਗ਼ਫ਼ਲਤ

    Shahmukhi script: غَفلَت

  • → Sindhi: ġafilata

    Arabic script: غَفِلَتَ

    Devanagari script: ग़फ़िलत

    Khudawadi script: 𑊼𑋩𑋓𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋍

• → Northern Kurdish: xeflet
• → Ottoman Turkish: غفلت (ġaflet)

  > Turkish: gaflet (inherited)

• → Swahili: ghafla
• → Uyghur: غەپلەت (gheplet)
• → Uzbek: gʻaflat

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of غَفْلَة (ḡafla, “heedlessness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaf.la.tan/

Adverb

غَفْلَةً • (ḡaflatan)

1. suddenly, surprisingly, unexpectedly

   Synonym: بَغْتَةً (baḡtatan)

   يَأْتِي المَوْتُ غَفْلَةً ― yaʔtī l-mawtu ḡaflatan ― Death comes unexpectedly

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəflətən
• → Ottoman Turkish: غفلة
  • → Turkish: gafleten