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اَفَّكَ see 1.

ا=فَكَ see 1.

ا@يءْتَفَكَتِ البَلْدَةُ [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَفَكَت ], (S, K,) بِأَهْلِهَا , (S,) The land, or district, or the town, or the like, was, or became, overturned, or subverted, (S, K,) with its inhabitants: (S:) as were the towns of the people of Lot. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence it is said of El-Basrah, قَدِ ا@يءْتَفَكَتْ بِأَهْلِهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ , meaning (tropical:) It has been submerged with its inhabitants twice; as though subverted. (Sh.) ― -b3- You say also, اِيتَفَكَتْ تِلْكَ الأَرْضُ (tropical:) That land has been burnt up by drought. (IAar.)

اـِفْكٌ أفك اـفك افك فك وفى [an inf. n. used as a subst.;] A lie; a falsehood; (S, TA;) as also ↓ أَفِيكَةٌ : pl. (of the latter, K) أَفَايءِكُ . (S, K.) You say, ↓ يَا لَلْأَفِيكَةِ , and ↓ يَا لِلْأَفِيكَةِ ; [and ↓ لَلْأَفَيِّكَةِ , using the dim. form for the purpose of enhancement; i. e. O the lie! and O the great lie!] the ل with fet-h denoting calling to aid; and with kesr denoting wonder, as though the meaning were, O man, wonder thou at this great lie. (TA.)

افكة أفك أفكه اـفك اـفكه افكه افكة فك فكه [so in the TA, without any syll. signs; app. either أَفْكَةٌ , an inf. n. of un., or ↓ ا=فِكَةٌ , like دَاهِيَةٌ ;] A punishment sent by God, whereby the dwellings of a people are overturned: occurring in a trad. relating to the story of the people of Lot. (TA.)

سَنَةٌ أَفِكَةٌ (tropical:) A year of drought or sterility: (K, TA:) pl. أَوَافِكُ [contr. to rule, as though the sing. were ↓ ا=فِكَةٌ ]. (Z, TA.)

أَفُوكٌ : see أَفَّاكٌ .

أَفِيكٌ One who is turned from his judgment, or opinion, by deceit, or guile; as also ↓ مَأْفُوكٌ . (K.) ― -b2- Lacking strength or power or ability, and having little prudence and artifice. (Lth, K.) -A2- See also أَفَّاكٌ .

أُفَيِّكَةٌ : see اـِفْكٌ , in three places. ― -b2- Also A severe, or distressing, calamity. (Ibn-Abbád.)

أُفَيِّكَةٌ : see اـِفْكٌ .

أَفَّاكٌ A great, or habitual, liar; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ أَفُوكُ , (Msb, K,) and ↓ أَفِيكٌ : (K:) fem. of the first [and last] with ة : but the second is both masc. and fem.: (Msb:) the pl. of the second is افك with damm [i. e. أُفْكٌ , accord. to the rule of the K, but the TA seems to indicate that it is أُفُكٌ , by likening it to the pl. of صَبُورٌ ]. (K.)

ا=فِكَةٌ ا=فكه ا=فكة : see افكة : ― -b2- and see سَنَةٌ أَفِكةٌ .

أَفِيكٌ [Changed in his, or its, manner of being, or state: turned away, or back, from a thing: &c.]: see مَأْفُونٌ . ― -b2- Weak [as though perverted] in his intellect (AZ, S, K) and judgment or opinion; as also ة : (AZ, S:) accord. to A'Obeyd, (or AA, as in one copy of the S,) a man who does not attain, or obtain, good, or prosperity. (S.) ― -b3- Also, (K,) fem. with مَأْفُونٌ , (S, K,) (tropical:) A place, (K,) or land, ( أَرْضٌ , S, Z,) not rained upon, and having no vegetation, or herbage. (S, Z, K.)

المُوءْتَفِكَاتُ (S, K) and المُوْتَفِكَةٌ , (TA,) both occurring in the Kur, [the former in ix. 71 and lxix. 9, and the latter in liii. 54,] The cities overthrown, or subverted, by God, upon the people of Lot. (S, K.) ― -b2- The former also signifies The winds that turn over [the surface of] the earth, or ground: (K:) or the winds that blow from different quarters: it is said (by the Arabs, S) that when these winds blow much, the earth (i. e. its seed-produce, TA) thrives, or yields increase. (S, K, TA.)