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Verbs
Nouns and adjectives
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries-
مَكَثَ Form I He tarried; tarried and waited, or expected
, aor. ; and مَكُثَ, aor. ; inf. n. مَكْثٌ [with which مُكْثٌ and مِكثٌ (see below) are syn.] and مِكِّيثَى (S, K) [like خِصِّيصَى, q. v.,] and مِكِّيثَآءُ [like خِصِّيصَآءُ] 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 Form V Open entry
see 1. -
مُكْثٌ A tarrying; tarrying and waiting, or expecting; &c
and ↓ مِكْثٌ, substs., from مَكَثَ or مَكُثَ, A tarrying; tarrying and waiting, or expecting; &c. (S, A.) -
مِكْثٌ Open entry
: see مُكْثٌ. -
مَكِيثٌ Grave
Grave: (S, K:) who does not hasten in his affair: pl. مُكَثَآءُ 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
The man journeyed, or proceeded, loitering; syn. مُتَلَوِّمًا. (S.)
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