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لَثَّ

Root: لث

Form: 1

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لَثَّI , [Present.T لَثِثَ ] Verbal.Noun لَثٌّ; and (in the T أَلْثَثَ,) Verbal.Noun إِلْثَاثٌ; and , Verbal.Noun لَثْلَثَةٌ; He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt; بِمَكَانٍ in a place; and quitted it not. So in the words of a trad., لَا تُلِثُّوا بِدَارِ مَعْجَزَةٍ, and مَعْجِزَةٍ, [Remain ye not in a dwelling of impotence]: i. e., remain not in a dwelling where ye cannot obtain sustenance: or remain not on the frontiers, having your households with you.
2 لَثَّ, [Present.T لَثِثَ ] Verbal.Noun لَثٌّ; and , Verbal.Noun إِلْثَاثٌ; and , Verbal.Noun لَثْلَثَةٌ; It continued for days, incessantly: and in like manner a cloud.
3 لَثَّ الشَّجَرَ, [Present.T لَثُثَ ] It (dew, or day-dew, لَثٌّ,) fell upon the trees. The noun is in the acc. case.
4 لَثَّ عَلَيْهِ, [Present.T لَثِثَ ] Verbal.Noun لَثٌّ; and عليه, Verbal.Noun إِلْثَاثٌ; and , Verbal.Noun لَثْلَثَةٌ; He importuned him; was urgent with him.
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