بطء

2 بطّأبِهِ ذ [and بطّأهُ, inf. n. as below, It made him slow, tardy, dilatory, late, or backward; ] it kept him, or held him, back; or put him back, or backward. (TA.) It is said in a trad., مَنْ بَطَّأَ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ لَمْ يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ Him whom his evil deeds keep, or hold, back, or put back, or backward, his nobility of lineage will not profit, [or advance, or put forward, ] in the life to come, or in the world to come. (TA.) بِكَ ↓ مَا أَبْطَأَ and مَا بَطَّأَ signify the same [ What made thee, or hath made thee, slow? &c.]; (S, TA;) and so مَا بَطَّأَكَ. (TA.) And you say, بَطَّأَ عَلَيْهِ بِالأَمْرِ, inf. n. تَبْطِىْءٌ; and بِهِ ↓ ابطأ; He delayed to him [ the doing of ] the thing, or affair. (K.)