Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

لَثَّ, [aor. ـِ {يَلْثِثُ},] inf. n. لَثٌّ; (Ḳ;) andالثّ↓ (in the T أَلْثَثَ,) inf. n. إِلْثَاثٌ; andلَثْلَثَ↓, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ; (Aṣ, Ṣ, Ḳ;) He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt; (Aṣ, Ṣ, Ḳ;) بِمَكَانٍ in a place; (Aṣ, Ṣ;) and quitted it not. (TA.) So in the words of a trad., لَا تُلِثُّوا بِدَارِ مَعْجَزَةٍ, and مَعْجِزَةٍ, (Ṣ,) [Remain ye not in a dwelling of impotence]: i. e., remain not in a dwelling where ye cannot obtain sustenance: or remain not on the frontiers, having your households with you. (TA.)

لَثَّ,, [aor. ـِ {يَلْثِثُ},] inf. n. لَثٌّ; (Ḳ;) andالثّ↓, inf. n. إِلْثَاثٌ; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) andلَثْلَثَ↓, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ; (Ḳ;) It (rain) continued (Ṣ, Ḳ) for days, incessantly: (Ṣ:) and in like manner a cloud. (TA.)

لَثَّ الشَّجَرَ, [aor. ـُ {يَلْثُثُ},] It (dew, or day-dew, لَثٌّ,) fell upon the trees. (Ḳ.) The noun is in the acc. case. (TA.)

لَثَّ عَلَيْهِ, [aor. ـِ {يَلْثِثُ},] inf. n. لَثٌّ; (Ḳ;) andالثّ↓ عليه, inf. n. إِلْثَاثٌ; (AA, Ṣ, Ḳ;) andلَثْلَثَ↓, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ; (Ḳ;) He importuned him; was urgent with him. (AA, Ṣ, Ḳ.)

See 1.

لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ, He, or it, was weak. (Ḳ.)

لَثْلَثَ andتَلَثْلَثَ↓ It (a mist, and a cloud,) went to and fro, coming again whenever it was thought to have gone. (TA.)

لَثْلَثَ فِى الأَمْرِ, (inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ; Ḳ;) andتَلَثْلَثَ↓, He wavered, or vacillated, (تَرَدَّدَ), in the affair. (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, Ḳ.)

لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ, He did not make [his] speech clear, or distinct: (Ḳ:) you say لَثْلَثَ كَلَامَهُ He did not make his speech clear, or distinct. (TA.)

لَثْلَثَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ, (Ṣ,) inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ, (Ḳ,) He withheld him, restrained him, or debarred him, from the thing that he wanted. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ, He rolled a thing over in the dust. (Ḳ.)

لَثْلَثْتُ البَعِيرَ [signifies, accord. to the CK and a MṢ copy of the Ḳ, كَدَدْتُهُ: accord. to the TA, لَدَدْتُهُ: but the right reading is said in the TḲ to be كَرَدْتُهُ, meaning I drove the camel].

لَثْلِثُوا بِنَا (or لثلثوا بنا سَاعَةً, T, art. مث, and TA,) Grant ye to us a little rest; expl. by رَوِّحُوا بِنَا قَلِيلًا: (Ḳ:) i. q. مَثْمِثُوا and ثَمْثِمُوا and جَفْجِفُوا. (T, art. مث.)

تَلَثْلَثَ بِالمَكَانِ He became withholden (تَحَبَّسَ) in the place, and tarried, or remained, in it. (TA.)

تَلَثْلَثَ فِى أَمْرِهِ He was slow, or tardy, in his affair. (TA.)

See R. Q. 1.

تَلَثْلَثَ He rolled himself over in the dust. (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, Ḳ.)

لَثٌّ Dew; or day-dew; syn. نَدًى. (Ḳ.)

لَثْلَاثٌ (so in the Ḳ, but in the L and other lexicons لَثْلَثٌ, TA,) andلَثْلَاثَةٌ↓ One who is slow, or tardy, (in every affair, TA,) drawing back whenever thou thinkest that he hath consented to do what thou wantest. (Ḳ.)

سَحَابٌ مُلِثُّ العَزَالَى [Clouds continuing to pour down rain]. (TA.)