لوث

أَلْوَثُ ذ A man slow, or tardy. (M.) ― -b2- دِيمَةٌ لَوْثَاءُ [A lasting, or continuous, and still, rain ] that lays, or mixes, the plants, part upon part, (Lth, K, TA,) like as straw is mixed with the kind of trefoil called قَتّ: (Lth, TA:) but this explanation is disapproved by AM. (TA.) ― -b3- سَحَابَةٌ لَوْثَاءُ A slow cloud: such a cloud is the longest in raining. (AM.) ― -b4- أَلْوَثُ Slow and heavy in tongue; (K;) slow in speech, and heavy in tongue: fem. لَوْثَاءُ, [pl. لُوتٌ]. (TA.) ― -b5- A man weak in mind, or understanding: from لَوْثٌ, as signifying “ weak, incomplete, evidence. ” (Msb.) ― -b6- أَلْوَثُ, like أَثْوَلُ, Stupid; foolish; of little sense; as also ↓ مُلْتَاثٌ: (TA:) stupid, foolish, or of little sense, and cowardly: pl. لُوثٌ. (IAar.) ― -b7- Languid; flaccid: (S, K:) applied to a man. (S.) -A2- Strong; powerful; vigorous. Thus the word bears two contrary significations. (K.)