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لعث

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root describes slowness, heaviness, and being weighed down, particularly by sleep or fatigue. It conveys a sense of sluggishness and difficulty in movement or action.

Derived headwords

الأَلْعَثُadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow and heavy manboth

    Referring to a man who is slow in his movements and heavy, suggesting a lack of agility.

لَعِثَverb
  1. 1.
    To be slow and heavyboth

    The verb form indicating the state of being slow, heavy, or sluggish.

لَعَثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Slowness and heavinessboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) representing the state or action of being slow and heavy.

أَلْعَثَverb
  1. 1.
    To be weighed down by sleepboth

    This verb form describes someone who is overcome or weighed down by sleepiness.

وَانِيًاadjective
  1. 1.
    Languid and sleepyboth

    Describing someone who is weak, languid, and overcome by sleep.

التِهَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Sleepinessclassical

    The state of being overcome by sleep; drowsiness.

التِهَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Sleepinessclassical

    Another form of the verbal noun indicating the state of being overcome by sleep; drowsiness.

Parallel reading

الأَلْعَثُ: الثقيل البطيء من الرجال.
Al-al'ath: The heavy, slow one among men.
وقد لعث لعثا
And he was slow and heavy, with slowness and heaviness.
وألعث وانيًا
And he was weighed down, languid.
والتهم والتهن: الذي قد أثقله النعاس.
And al-tiham and al-tihan: he who has been weighed down by sleep.