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لَكَثَ

Root: لكث

Form: 1

Full Definition

لَكَثَI , [Present.T ـُ] Verbal.Noun لَكْثٌ (and لِكَاثٌ, IAar), He struck, or smote; accord. to IAar, who does not particularize the hand, nor the foot: or, with his hand, or his foot, accord. to some: or, with [perhaps a mistake for upon] the mouth. [See also لكد.]
2 لَكَتَهُ, [Present.T ـُ] He overburdened him.
3 لَكِثَ, Present.T ـَ [Verbal.Noun لَكَثٌ,] He was affected with the disorder called لَكَثٌ, or لُكَاثٌ.
4 لَكِثَ بِهِ, Present.T ـَ It (dirt [see لَكْثٌ]) adhered to it; i. e., to the vessel. [See also لَكِدَ and لَكِعَ.]
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