Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تباطأ

Root: بطأ

Form: 6

Full Definition

تباطأVI [accord. to general analogy, He feigned, or affected, to be slow, tardy, &c.: or] he was slow, or sluggish; or he made delay; in going, or pace: and he held back from work, or action. You say of a man, تباطأ فِى مَسِيرِهِ [He feigned, or affected, to be slow, &c., in his going, course, or pace].


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