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talabbatha

hesitate, linger, stay

تَلَبَّثَ

Word

Verb · Form V

Root

ل ب ث

Forms

Present
يَتَلَبَّثُ

In the library

ولو أن الأسد لم يكن في نفسه لي إلا الخير والرحمة، لغيرته كثرة الأقاويل: فإنها إذا كثرت لم تلبث دون أن تذهب الرقة والرأفة.

Kalila wa Dimna, page 38 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ تَلَبَّثَيَتَلَبَّثُ—
she هِيَ تَلَبَّثَتتَتَلَبَّثُ—
they two (m.) هُما تَلَبَّثايَتَلَبَّثانِ—
they two (f.) هُما تَلَبَّثَتاتَتَلَبَّثانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ تَلَبَّثُوايَتَلَبَّثُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ تَلَبَّثْنَيَتَلَبَّثْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ تَلَبَّثْتَتَتَلَبَّثُتَلَبَّثْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ تَلَبَّثْتِتَتَلَبَّثِينَتَلَبَّثِي
you two أَنْتُما تَلَبَّثْتُماتَتَلَبَّثانِتَلَبَّثَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ تَلَبَّثْتُمتَتَلَبَّثُونَتَلَبَّثُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ تَلَبَّثْتُنَّتَتَلَبَّثْنَتَلَبَّثْنَ
I أَنا تَلَبَّثْتُأَتَلَبَّثُ—
we نَحْنُ تَلَبَّثْنانَتَلَبَّثُ—

From the same root

All words from ل ب ث →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • لَبِثَ Form I He tarried; paused; tarried and waited or expected
    , aor. , 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.)
  • لَبَّثَ Form II Open entry
    see 4.
  • البثهُ Form IV He made him to tarry; to tarry and wait, or expect
    ; 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 Form V Open entry
    see 1.
  • استلبثهُ Form X He deemed him, or it, slow, or tardy
    He deemed him, or it, slow, or tardy. (K, TA.)
  • لُبْثٌ A tarrying; a staying; a stopping
    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 إِذَا طَالَ لُبْثُهُ ظَهَرَ خُبْثُهُ [When water remains long stagnant, its corruptness, or impurity, or foulness, becomes apparent]. (A.)
  • لَبِثٌ Slow; tardy; late
    : see لَابِثٌ. ― -b2- Slow; tardy; late. (Fr.)
  • لَبْثَةٌ A single act of tarrying, staying, or stopping
    A single act of tarrying, staying, or stopping. (Msb.)
  • لُبْثَةٌ Open entry
    : see لُبْثٌ.
  • لِبْثَةٌ A mode, or manner, of tarrying, staying, or stopping
    A mode, or manner, of tarrying, staying, or stopping. (Msb.)
  • لَبَاثٌ A slow horse
    : 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 Open entry
    are said conjointly: so in the K: or نَجِيثٌ لَبِيثٌ: so in the L. (TA.)

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