ملث

مَلْثٌ ذ and ↓ مَلَثٌ and ↓ مُلْثَةٌ The first, or commencement, of the blackness of night: (K:) or it is after the سَدَف: (TA:) or the first, or commencement, of the blackness of the place of sunset: when it has become intense, and the last عِشَاآء has come, it is called مَلَس. (IAar.) ― -b2- الظَّلَامِ ↓ أَتَيْتُهُ مَلَثَ, (S, K,) and مَلْثَ الظلام, (K,) and عِنْدَ ملثِهِ, (TA,) I came to him at the period when the darkness became confused, (S, K,) and had not yet become very intense, [ as it has ] when thou sayest أَخُوكَ أَمِ الذِّئْبُ [( Is this ) thy brother, or the wolf? ]; (S;) i. e. at the time of the prayer of sunset, and after it. (As, S.) ― -b3- صلاة الملثِ The prayer of sunset: in the dial. of Rabee'ah. (A.) ― -b4- مَا كَانَ عَهْدُهُ اـِلَّا وَلْثًا وَوَعْدُهُ اـِلَّا مَلْثًا [ His compact was not otherwise than weak, and his promise not otherwise than one not meant to be fulfilled ]. (A.)