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أَلَتَ ,aor. اَلِتَ , inf. n. أَلْتٌ , It (a thing) decreased; diminished; lessened; became defective, deficient, incomplete, or imperfect. (Msb.) -A2- أَلَتَهُ حَقَّهُ , (S, M, A, K,) aor. اَلِتَ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. أَلْتٌ (S, M) and اـِلَاتَهُ ; (M;) and أَلِتَهُ , aor. اَلَتَ ; (Fr;) and ↓ ا=لتهُ (M, K,) inf. n. اـِيلَاتٌ ; (K;) as also أَلَاتَهُ , inf. n. اـِلَاتٌ , (so in a MS. copy of the K,) or اـِلَاتَةٌ ; (so in the L: [agreeably with analogy, and therefore probably the correct reading: see art. ليت , to which it belongs: in SM's copy of the K, and in the CK, the verb is written أَلْأَتَهُ , and the inf. n. اـِلْا=تٌ : by MF, the verb is written ↓ ا=لَتَهُ , of the measure فَاعَلَ and the inf. n. اـِلَاتٌ like قِتَالٌ :]) [and لَاتَهُ , aor. يَلِيتٌ ; and وَلَتَهُ ; and أَوْلَتَهُ ;] He diminished to him his right, or due; abridged him, or defrauded him, of a portion of it: (Fr, S, M, A, K:) and in like manner, أَلَتَهُ مَالَهُ and ↓ ا=لتهُ , &c., he diminished to him his property; or abridged him, or defrauded him, of a portion of it: (M, TA:) and أَلَتَ الشَّىْءَ he diminished the thing. (Msb.) [Hence,] مَا أَلْتَنَاهُمْ مِنْ عَمَلِهِمْ مِنْ شَىْءٍ [in the Kur lii. 21, We will not diminish to them aught of the reward of their work]: (T, A:) or, accord. to one reading, (that of Ibn-Ketheer, TA,) ما أَلِتْنَاهُمْ . (T, TA.) [See also art. ليت .] -A3- أَلَتَهُ , (T, S, K,) or أَلَتَهُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ , (TA,) aor. اَلِتَ (T;) as also لَاتَهُ ; these being two dial. vars. one of the other, mentioned by Yz, on the authority of AA; (S;) [and أَلَاتَهُ ; (see art. ليت ;)] He withheld him, or restrained him, (S, K,) and turned him, or averted him, (T, S, K,) from his course, purpose, or object. (S, TA.) -A4- أَلَتَهُ , (M, K,) or أَلَتَهُ يَمِينًا , (As, T, S,) aor. اَلِتَ inf. n. أَلْتٌ , He made him to swear, or take an oath: (As, T, S, K:) or he desired of him that he should swear, or give his testimony, for him. (M, K.) And أَلَتَهُ بِيَمِينٍ , inf. n. as above, He pressed him, or pressed hard upon him, with an oath. (M.) It is related that a man said to 'Omar, "Fear God, O prince of the faithful:" and another, hearing him, said, أَتَأْلِتُ عَلَى أَمِيرِ المُوءْمِنِينَ , meaning Dost thou lower the dignity of the prince of the faithful? or dost thou diminish to him [the respect that is due to him]? accord. to IAar.: or rather, dost thou conjure the prince of the faithful? his saying "Fear God" being as though he conjured him by God: for the Arabs say, أَلَتُّكَ بِاللّٰهِ لَمَّا فَعَلْتَ كَذَا , meaning I conjure thee by God but that thou do thus, or such a thing. (T.)