لبث

لُبْثٌ ذ and ↓ لَبَاثٌ (Msb) A tarrying; a staying; a stopping: (Msb:) and ↓ لُبْثَةٌ a loitering; tarrying; staying; waiting; pausing in expectation. (K.) ― -b2- هُوَ قَلِيلُ اللَّبَاثِ, and ↓ اللُّبْثَةِ, [ He tarries, or stays, little ]. (A.) ― -b3- اَلماءُ اـِذَا طَالَ لُبْثُهُ ظَهَرَ خُبْثُهُ [ When water remains long stagnant, its corruptness, or impurity, or foulness, becomes apparent ]. (A.)