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أَفْلَت
to escape /ˈʔaflata/
verbB2#3378 most common
Also: to slip away, to get loose, to let slip
Example sentences
أَفْلَتَ الكَلْبُ مِنِّي.
The dog got away from me.
حَاوَلْتُ أَنْ أُمْسِكَ بِهِ لَكِنَّهُ أَفْلَتَ.
I tried to grab him, but he slipped away.
أَفْلَتَتِ السَّمَكَةُ مِنَ الشَّبَكَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَصْطَادَهَا.
The fish escaped the net before we could catch it.
أَفْلَتَ زِمَامُ الأُمُورِ مِنْ يَدِهِ حِينَ فَقَدَ السَّيْطَرَةَ.
The reins of the situation slipped from his hand when he lost control.
بِالكَادِ أَفْلَتَ الرَّاكِبُونَ مِنَ الحَادِثِ دُونَ إِصَابَاتٍ خَطِيرَةٍ.
The passengers barely escaped the accident without serious injuries.
أَفْلَتَتِ الحُكُومَةُ زِمَامَ السَّيْطَرَةِ عَلَى التَّضَخُّمِ بَعْدَ سِنِينَ مِنَ الاسْتِقْرَارِ.
The government let its grip on inflation slip after years of stability.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُفْلِتُ | أَفْلَتُّ | سَأُفْلِتُ |
| 2sg | تُفْلِتُ | أَفْلَتَّ | سَتُفْلِتُ |
| 3sg | يُفْلِتُ | أَفْلَتَ | سَيُفْلِتُ |
| 1pl | نُفْلِتُ | أَفْلَتْنَا | سَنُفْلِتُ |
| 2pl | تُفْلِتُونَ | أَفْلَتُّمْ | سَتُفْلِتُونَ |
| 3pl | يُفْلِتُونَ | أَفْلَتُوا | سَيُفْلِتُونَ |
Word family
فَلَتَto slip away, escape (Form I, less common)
إِفْلَاتescape, getting away with something, impunity
فَلْتَةa slip, a lapse, an unplanned incident
مُنْفَلِتloose, unchecked, out of control
Etymology
أَفْلَت belongs to the Arabic root ف ل ت, which carries the core sense of slipping loose or getting away. The word is the Form IV derivation of this root, and it marks entry into the state of escape, something that has broken free. The same root turns up across the Semitic languages. No Indo-European cognates exist, since Arabic and Hebrew sit in a separate language family.
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