لَبِثَ
, aor.
لَبَثَ
, inf. n. لَبْثٌ (which is contr. to analogy, because the inf. n. of an intrans. v. of the measure فَعِلَ is, accord. to rule, of the measure فَعَلٌ , S,) and لَبَيثٌ (agreeably with analogy, occurring in a verse of Jereer, S,) and لَبَاثٌ (S, K) and لُبْثٌ (which is the first form given by ISd) TA, [and the most common,]) and لُبَاثٌ and لَبَاثَةٌ and لَبِيثَةٌ , (K,) which are all contr. to analogy, (TA,) and لُبْثَانٌ , (ISd,) [this last, which is also contr. to analogy, is said in the TA, to be like سحبان , but this I suppose to be a mistake for سُبْحَان ,] or لُبْثٌ and لَبَاثٌ are substs., (Msb,) He tarried; paused; tarried and waited or expected; was patient, and tarried and waited or expected: (S, K:) he tarried; remained; stayed; stopped; paused; (ISd, Msb;) as also ↓
تلبّث ; (Msb;) بِمَكَانٍ
in a place: (ISd, Msb:) or ↓
تلبّث signifies he waited; or paused; syn. تَوَقَّفَ (K) ― -b2- مالَبِثَ أَنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا
He delayed not, or was not slow, to do, or in doing, such and such things. (TA, and the other lexicons passim. ― -b3- اِلْبَثْ عَنْ فُلَانٍ
Wait for such a one, and leave him, until thy doing so shall manifest the error of his judgement, or opinion. (A.)
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لَبَّثَ
see 4.
البثهُ
; and ↓
لبّثهُ , inf. n. تَلْبِيثٌ ; He made him to tarry; to tarry and wait, or expect; to be patient, and tarry, and wait, or expect. (S, K.)
تَلَبَّثَ
see 1.
استلبثهُ
He deemed him, or it, slow, or tardy. (K, TA.)
لُبْثٌ
and ↓
لَبَاثٌ (Msb) A tarrying; a staying; a stopping: (Msb:) and ↓
لُبْثَةٌ
a loitering; tarrying; staying; waiting; pausing in expectation. (K.) ― -b2- هُوَ قَلِيلُ اللَّبَاثِ , and ↓
اللُّبْثَةِ , [He tarries, or stays, little]. (A.) ― -b3- اَلماءُ اـِذَا طَالَ
لُبْثُهُ ظَهَرَ خُبْثُهُ [When water remains long stagnant, its corruptness, or impurity, or foulness, becomes apparent]. (A.)
لَبِثٌ
: see لَابِثٌ . ― -b2- Slow; tardy; late. (Fr.)
لَبْثَةٌ
A single act of tarrying, staying, or stopping. (Msb.)
لُبْثَةٌ
: see لُبْثٌ .
لِبْثَةٌ
A mode, or manner, of tarrying, staying, or stopping. (Msb.)
لَبَاثٌ
: see لُبْثٌ ― -b2- فَرَسٌ لَبَاثٌ
A slow horse: so in some copies of the K: but correctly, قَوْسٌ
لَبَاثٌ , as in the L, a slow bow, accord. to AHn. (TA.)
خَبِيثٌ لَبِيثٌ نَبِيثٌ
are said conjointly: so in the K: or نَجِيثٌ لَبِيثٌ : so in the L. (TA.)
لَبِيثَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ
A company, or an assembly, of people of different tribes; (K;) [as also لَوِيثَةٌ ].
لَابِثٌ
and ↓
لَبِثٌ
Tarrying; tarrying and waiting, or expecting; being patient, and tarrying, and waiting, or expecting: (S, K:) the former word is the more approved. (Fr.)