Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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1. ⇒ لبث

لَبِثَ, aor. ـَ {يَلْبَثُ}, inf. n. لَبْثٌ (which is contr. to analogy, because the inf. n. of an intrans. v. of the measure فَعِلَ is, accord. to rule, of the measure فَعَلٌ, Ṣ,) and لَبَيثٌ (agreeably with analogy, occurring in a verse of Jereer, Ṣ,) and لَبَاثٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and لُبْثٌ (which is the first form given by ISd, TA, [and the most common,]) and لُبَاثٌ and لَبَاثَةٌ and لَبِيثَةٌ, (Ḳ,) which are all contr. to analogy, (TA,) and لُبْثَانٌ, (ISd,) [this last, which is also contr. to analogy, is said in the TA, to be like سحبان, but this I suppose to be a mistake for سُبْحَان,] or لُبْثٌ and لَبَاثٌ are substs., (Mṣb,) He tarried; paused; tarried and waited or expected; was patient, and tarried and waited or expected: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) he tarried; remained; stayed; stopped; paused; (ISd, Mṣb;) as alsoتلبّث↓; (Mṣb;) بِمَكَانٍ in a place: (ISd, Mṣb:) orتلبّث↓ signifies he waited; or paused; syn. تَوَقَّفَ (Ḳ)

Root: لبث - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

مالَبِثَ أَنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا He delayed not, or was not slow, to do, or in doing, such and such things. (TA, and the other lexicons passim.)

Root: لبث - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

اِلْبَثْ عَنْ فُلَانٍ Wait for such a one, and leave him, until thy doing so shall manifest the error of his judgement, or opinion. (A.)


2. ⇒ لبّث


4. ⇒ البث

البثهُ; andلبّثهُ↓, inf. n. تَلْبِيثٌ; He made him to tarry; to tarry and wait, or expect; to be patient, and tarry, and wait, or expect. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


5. ⇒ تلبّث


10. ⇒ استلبث

استلبثهُ He deemed him, or it, slow, or tardy. (Ḳ, TA.)


لُبْثٌ

لُبْثٌ andلَبَاثٌ↓ (Mṣb) A tarrying; a staying; a stopping: (Mṣb:) andلُبْثَةٌ↓ a loitering; tarrying; staying; waiting; pausing in expectation. (Ḳ.)

Root: لبث - Entry: لُبْثٌ Signification: A2

هُوَ قَلِيلُ اللَّبَاثِ, andاللُّبْثَةِ↓, [He tarries, or stays, little]. (A.)

Root: لبث - Entry: لُبْثٌ Signification: A3

اَلماءُ إِذَا طَالَ لُبْثُهُ ظَهَرَ خُبْثُهُ [When water remains long stagnant, its corruptness, or impurity, or foulness, becomes apparent]. (A.)


لَبِثٌ

لَبِثٌ: see لَابِثٌ.

Root: لبث - Entry: لَبِثٌ Signification: A2

Slow; tardy; late. (Fr.)


لَبْثَةٌ

لَبْثَةٌ A single act of tarrying, staying, or stopping. (Mṣb.)


لُبْثَةٌ

لُبْثَةٌ: see لُبْثٌ.


لِبْثَةٌ

لِبْثَةٌ A mode, or manner, of tarrying, staying, or stopping. (Mṣb.)


لَبَاثٌ

لَبَاثٌ: see لُبْثٌ

Root: لبث - Entry: لَبَاثٌ Signification: A2

فَرَسٌ لَبَاثٌ A slow horse: so in some copies of the Ḳ: but correctly, قَوْسٌ لَبَاثٌ, as in the L, a slow bow, accord. to AḤn. (TA.)


لَبِيثٌ

خَبِيثٌ لَبِيثٌ نَبِيثٌ are said conjointly: so in the Ḳ: or نَجِيثٌ لَبِيثٌ: so in the L. (TA.)


لَبِيثَةٌ

لَبِيثَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ A company, or an assembly, of people of different tribes; (Ḳ;) [as also لَوِيثَةٌ].


لَابِثٌ

لَابِثٌ andلَبِثٌ↓ Tarrying; tarrying and waiting, or expecting; being patient, and tarrying, and waiting, or expecting: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) the former word is the more approved. (Fr.)


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