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مَلَاثٌ

Root: لوث

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مَلَاثٌ [A place of refuge; a refuge]. [You say,] إِنَّهُ لَنِعْمَ المَلَاثُ لِلضِّيفَانِ Verily he is an excellent refuge for guests.
2 مَلَاثٌ and مِلْوَثٌ One who is a refuge to others; a noble chief; a nobleman; whom others compass, and go round about: or so called because the command is [as it were] bound round him; i. e., because affairs are connected with him: pl. مَلَاوِثُ and مَلَاوِثَةٌ and مَلَاوِيثُ: the last used by poetic licence.
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