gaflet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غفلت, from Arabic غَفْلَة (ḡafla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡafle̞t]
• Hyphenation: gaf‧let

Noun

gaflet (definite accusative gafleti, plural gafletler)

1. blindness (figurative)
2. drowsiness
3. headlessness
4. oversight
5. unawareness

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	gaflet
Definite accusative	gafleti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gaflet	gafletler
Definite accusative	gafleti	gafletleri
Dative	gaflete	gafletlere
Locative	gaflette	gafletlerde
Ablative	gafletten	gafletlerden
Genitive	gafletin	gafletlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular gafletim gafletlerim 2nd singular gafletin gafletlerin 3rd singular gafleti gafletleri 1st plural gafletimiz gafletlerimiz 2nd plural gafletiniz gafletleriniz 3rd plural gafletleri gafletleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular gafletimi gafletlerimi 2nd singular gafletini gafletlerini 3rd singular gafletini gafletlerini 1st plural gafletimizi gafletlerimizi 2nd plural gafletinizi gafletlerinizi 3rd plural gafletlerini gafletlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular gafletime gafletlerime 2nd singular gafletine gafletlerine 3rd singular gafletine gafletlerine 1st plural gafletimize gafletlerimize 2nd plural gafletinize gafletlerinize 3rd plural gafletlerine gafletlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular gafletimde gafletlerimde 2nd singular gafletinde gafletlerinde 3rd singular gafletinde gafletlerinde 1st plural gafletimizde gafletlerimizde 2nd plural gafletinizde gafletlerinizde 3rd plural gafletlerinde gafletlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular gafletimden gafletlerimden 2nd singular gafletinden gafletlerinden 3rd singular gafletinden gafletlerinden 1st plural gafletimizden gafletlerimizden 2nd plural gafletinizden gafletlerinizden 3rd plural gafletlerinden gafletlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular gafletimin gafletlerimin 2nd singular gafletinin gafletlerinin 3rd singular gafletinin gafletlerinin 1st plural gafletimizin gafletlerimizin 2nd plural gafletinizin gafletlerinizin 3rd plural gafletlerinin gafletlerinin

Related terms

• gafil
• iğfal
• tegafül

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gaflet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غفلت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1347