أفلى

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ل و (f-l-w).

Verb

أَفْلَى • (ʔaflā) IV (non-past يُفْلِي (yuflī), verbal noun إِفْلَاء (ʔiflāʔ))

1. to have colts (فَلُوّ (faluww)) that have been ablacted
2. to enter the desert (فَلًا (falan))

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أفلى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2445
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “أفلى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 373