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بطء

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of slowness, delay, and lateness. It encompasses verbs related to being slow or delaying, adjectives describing slowness, and nouns referring to the state of being slow or a period of time.

Derived headwords

بَطُؤَ كَكَرُمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowboth

    To move or act with little speed; to take a long time.

يُبْطِئُverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowboth

    The present tense form of the verb meaning to be slow or to delay.

بَطْءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    slownessboth

    The state or quality of being slow; a lack of speed.

بِطْءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    slownessclassical

    A variant pronunciation of the noun for slowness.

بَطَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to delayboth

    To make someone or something slow; to cause a delay.

أَبْطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowboth

    To become slow; to delay; to be late.

  2. 2.
    to delay (someone/something)both

    To cause someone or something to be slow or late.

بَطَّاءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    slowboth

    Characterized by slowness; taking a long time.

بَطِيءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    slowboth

    Moving or acting with little speed; tardy.

البَطِيءُname
  1. 1.
    Al-Bati' (nickname)classical

    A nickname for Abu al-Abbas Ahmad bin al-Hasan bin Abi al-Baqaa al-Aquli, a famous traditionist.

بُطْأَىnoun
  1. 1.
    time, eternityclassical

    A term used to refer to time or eternity, particularly in the dialect of Banu Yarbu'.

بَطْآنَparticle
  1. 1.
    how slow!classical

    An interjection used to express amazement at slowness, functioning like 'Sur'an' (how fast!). It is formed from the verb 'abta'a' with phonetic changes.

تَبْطِيءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    delayingboth

    The act of causing a delay or making something slow.

تَبَطَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to delayboth

    To act slowly or delay one's actions.

اسْتَبْطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to find slowboth

    To consider something or someone to be slow; to feel that something is taking too long.

بَيْطَاءname
  1. 1.
    Bayta' (ship name)classical

    The name of a ship mentioned in the poetry of Uthman bin Maz'un.

بَاطِئَةother
  1. 1.
    unknown origin wordclassical

    A word of unknown origin mentioned by Al-Layth, possibly related to the root.

Parallel reading

ومن البر بطء سيبك عني أسرع السحب في المسير الجهام
And among the acts of piety is your slowness in departing from me, faster than the clouds in their sweeping journey.
أبطأ ضد أسرع
Abta'a is the opposite of Asra'a (to be fast).
بطؤ مجيئك
Your coming was slow.
أبطأت فإنك بطيء
You were slow, for you are slow.
أبي العباس أحمد بن الحسن بن أبي البقاء (العاقولي)
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad bin al-Hasan bin Abi al-Baqaa (al-Aquli).
أبطئوا إذا كانت دوابهم بطاء
They were slow if their mounts were slow.
ويقال فرس بطيء من خيل بطاء
And it is said, a slow horse from slow steeds.
لم أفعله بطء يا هذا
I did not do it out of slowness, O you.
بطأى كبشري، أي الدهر
But'a as 'Bushra', meaning time/eternity.
بطآن ذا خروجا
How slow is his departure!
بطأ عليه بالأمر تبطيئا
He delayed him in the matter, causing a delay.
أبطأ به أي أخره
He delayed him, meaning he made him late.
من بطأ به عمله لم يسرع به نسبه
Whoever is slowed down by his deeds, his lineage will not speed him up (in the hereafter).
تبطأ الرجل في مسيره
The man was slow in his journey.
وما أبطأ بك
And what made you slow?
وما بطأك
And what made you slow?
واستبطأته
And I considered him slow.
وكتب إلي يستبطيني
And he wrote to me asking me to slow down.