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الءلعث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of being slow, heavy, and sluggish. It primarily refers to a person or creature that moves with difficulty or lacks agility.

Derived headwords

الأَلْعَثُadjective
  1. 1.
    slow and heavyboth

    Describing someone or something that is slow-moving, ponderous, and heavy in their actions or demeanor.

لَعِثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowboth

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

Parallel reading

الأَلْعَثُ: الثقيل البطيء.
The slow and heavy: the ponderous, the slow.
وقد لعث، كفرح.
And he became slow, like the verb 'faraha' (to be happy).