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لبث

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root لبث (labitha) primarily denotes staying, remaining, or lingering in a place. It also carries connotations of slowness, delay, and waiting, often implying a prolonged period of time.

Derived headwords

لَبِثَverb
  1. 1.
    to stay, remainboth

    To abide or continue in a place for a duration.

  2. 2.
    to be slow, delayedclassical

    To be tardy or slow in action or arrival.

لَبْثnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, remainingboth

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

  2. 2.
    slowness, delayclassical

    A state of being slow or delayed.

لُبْثnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, remainingboth

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

لَبَثَانnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, remainingclassical

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

لَبَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, remainingclassical

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

لُبَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, remainingclassical

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

لَبِيثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, remainingclassical

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

  2. 2.
    group of peopleclassical

    A gathering or group of people, especially when they are from different tribes.

لابِثnoun
  1. 1.
    one who staysboth

    Someone who remains or stays in a place.

  2. 2.
    slow, tardyclassical

    Describing someone who is slow or delayed.

أَلْبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to stayclassical

    To make someone or something remain or stay.

لَبَّثَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to stayclassical

    To make someone or something remain or stay.

تَلَبَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to stay, remainboth

    To abide or continue in a place.

  2. 2.
    to hesitate, delayclassical

    To pause or delay in action.

لُبْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hesitation, delayclassical

    A pause or delay in action.

مُتَلَبِّثnoun
  1. 1.
    one who staysboth

    Someone who remains or stays in a place.

اسْتَلْبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to consider slow, to find delayedboth

    To perceive something as slow or delayed.

لَبَاثadjective
  1. 1.
    slowclassical

    Describing something that is slow, particularly a bow.

لَبِيثadjective
  1. 1.
    slow, lingeringclassical

    Describing someone or something that is slow or lingers.

نَبِيثadjective
  1. 1.
    following, subordinateclassical

    Used as an emphatic or following word, often in conjunction with 'labith'.

أَلْبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to wait forclassical

    To wait for someone until their opinion becomes clear or mistaken.

Parallel reading

لبث بالمكان كسمع يلبث لبثا ولبثا ولبثانا ولباثة ولبيثة.
He stayed in the place, as in 'sami'a', yalbathu, labthan and labthan and labathaan and labathatan and labithatan.
فزاد لبثانا كسحبان.
And he added labathaan, like sahbaan.
مصدر لبث لبثا، وهو نادر
The masdar of labitha is labthan, and it is rare.
لأن المصدر من فعل بالكسر قياسه أن يكون بالتحريك إذا لم يتعد
Because the masdar from a verb with a kasra is typically in the form of tahrik (vowelization with fathah) if it is intransitive.
وقد جاء في الشعر على القياس
And it has occurred in poetry according to the rule.
وقد أكون على الحاجات ذا لبث وأحوذيا إذا انضم الذعاليب
And I might be, for needs, slow and swift when the lesser ones join.
وهو لابث ولبث أيضا
And he is 'labith' and 'labth' as well.
لابثين فيهآ أحقابا
Remaining in it for ages.
واللبث: البطىء، وهو جائز، كما يقال: طامع وطمع، بمعنى واحد
And 'al-labth' means slow, and it is permissible, just as one says 'taami'' and 'tama'' with the same meaning.
وتلبث: أقام.
And 'talabbaththa' means: he stayed.
اللبثة بالضم: التوقف، كالتلبث
Al-lubthah (with dammah): hesitation, like 'al-talabbuth'.
فاستلبث الوحي
And he considered the revelation to be slow.
يقال: استلبثه إذا استبطأه
It is said: 'istalbathahu' if he considered it slow.
وهو استفعل من اللبث، وهو الإبطاء والتأخر.
And it is 'istaf'ala' from 'al-labth', which means slowness and delay.
خبيث لبيث نبيث كل ذالك إتباع
Khubith, labith, nabith, all of that is emphatic repetition.
وقالوا: نجيث لبيث. إتباع.
And they said: 'najith, labith'. Emphatic repetition.
قوس لباث بطيئة
A slow bow.
وإن المجلس ليجمع لبيثة من الناس أي جماعة إذا كانوا من قبائل شتى
And indeed, the gathering brings together a 'labithah' of people, meaning a group, if they are from different tribes.
ألبث عن فلان أي انتظره حتى يبدي انتظارك إياه خطأ رأيه
'Albaththa' from someone means to wait for him until your waiting for him reveals the error of his opinion.