From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root مكث. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.
مَكَثَ , aor. مَكُثَ ; and مَكُثَ , aor. مَكُثَ ; inf. n. مَكْثٌ [with which مُكْثٌ and مِكثٌ (see below) are syn.] and مِكِّيثَى (S, K) [like خِصِّيصَى , q. v.,] and مِكِّيثَا=ءُ [like خِصِّيصَا=ءُ ] and مَكَثٌ and مُكُوثٌ and مُكْثَانٌ (K) and مَكَاثٌ and مَكَاثَةٌ [which last is the inf. n. of مَكُثَ ]; (TA;) He tarried; tarried and waited, or expected; (S, K;) was patient, and tarried, and waited, or expected: or he tarried, stayed, or stopped, expecting: loitered; tarried; stayed; waited; paused in expectation; فِى مَكَانٍ in a place. (TA.) [In like manner,] ↓ تمكّث He loitered; tarried; stayed; waited; paused in expectation. (S, K.)
تَمَكَّثَ see 1.
مُكْثٌ and ↓ مِكْثٌ , substs., from مَكَثَ or مَكُثَ , A tarrying; tarrying and waiting, or expecting; &c. (S, A.)
مِكْثٌ : see مُكْثٌ .
مَكِيثٌ Grave: (S, K:) who does not hasten in his affair: pl. مُكَثَا=ءُ and مَكِيثُونَ . (TA.) ― -b2- مَكِيثُ الكَلَامِ (tropical:) Slow of speech. (Ibn-Abi-l- Hadeed.) ― -b3- Also مَكِيثٌ A man remaining; staying; abiding; remaining fixed, or stationary. (TA.)
سَارَ الرَّجُلُ مُتَمَكِّثًا The man journeyed, or proceeded, loitering; syn. مُتَلَوِّمًا . (S.)
The roots that most often share a verse with م ك ث. Window: the verse. Measure: the number of distinct verses in which both roots occur (of the 7 this root appears in). Ubiquitous roots are excluded so genuinely connected concepts surface — see the method.
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أَنزَلَمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًفَسَالَتْأَوْدِيَةٌۢبِقَدَرِهَافَٱحْتَمَلَٱلسَّيْلُزَبَدًارَّابِيًاوَمِمَّايُوقِدُونَعَلَيْهِفِىٱلنَّارِٱبْتِغَآءَحِلْيَةٍأَوْمَتَٰعٍزَبَدٌمِّثْلُهُۥكَذَٰلِكَيَضْرِبُٱللَّهُٱلْحَقَّوَٱلْبَٰطِلَفَأَمَّاٱلزَّبَدُفَيَذْهَبُجُفَآءًوَأَمَّامَايَنفَعُٱلنَّاسَفَيَمْكُثُفِىٱلْأَرْضِكَذَٰلِكَيَضْرِبُٱللَّهُٱلْأَمْثَالَ
Reference 13:17وَقُرْءَانًافَرَقْنَٰهُلِتَقْرَأَهُۥعَلَىٱلنَّاسِعَلَىٰمُكْثٍوَنَزَّلْنَٰهُتَنزِيلًا
Reference 17:106إِذْرَءَانَارًافَقَالَلِأَهْلِهِٱمْكُثُوٓا۟إِنِّىٓءَانَسْتُنَارًالَّعَلِّىٓءَاتِيكُممِّنْهَابِقَبَسٍأَوْأَجِدُعَلَىٱلنَّارِهُدًى
Reference 20:10فَمَكَثَغَيْرَبَعِيدٍفَقَالَأَحَطتُبِمَالَمْتُحِطْبِهِۦوَجِئْتُكَمِنسَبَإٍۭبِنَبَإٍيَقِينٍ
Reference 27:22فَلَمَّاقَضَىٰمُوسَىٱلْأَجَلَوَسَارَبِأَهْلِهِۦٓءَانَسَمِنجَانِبِٱلطُّورِنَارًاقَالَلِأَهْلِهِٱمْكُثُوٓا۟إِنِّىٓءَانَسْتُنَارًالَّعَلِّىٓءَاتِيكُممِّنْهَابِخَبَرٍأَوْجَذْوَةٍمِّنَٱلنَّارِلَعَلَّكُمْتَصْطَلُونَ
Reference 28:29وَنَادَوْا۟يَٰمَٰلِكُلِيَقْضِعَلَيْنَارَبُّكَقَالَإِنَّكُممَّٰكِثُونَ
Reference 43:77No published investigation cites this root yet. When one does, it appears here — the evidence links back to the argument.