be covered, be veiled

, [aor. ,] inf. n. لَثٌّ; (K;) and ↓ الثّ (in the T أَلْثَثَ,) inf. n. إِلْثَاثٌ; and ↓ لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ; (As, S, K;) He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt; (As, S, K;) بِمَكَانٍ in a place; (As, S;) and quitted it not. (TA.) So in the words of a trad., لَا تُلِثُّوا بِدَارِ مَعْجَزَةٍ, and مَعْجِزَةٍ, (S,) [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. (TA.) ― -b2- لَثَّ, [aor. ,] inf. n. لَثٌّ; (K;) and ↓ الثّ, inf. n. إِلْثَاثٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ; (K;) It (rain) continued (S, K) for days, incessantly: (S:) and in like manner a cloud. (TA.) ― -b3- لَثَّ الشَّجَرَ, [aor. ,] It (dew, or day-dew, لَثٌّ,) fell upon the trees. (K.) The noun is in the acc. case. (TA.) ― -b4- لَثَّ عَلَيْهِ, [aor. ,] inf. n. لَثٌّ; (K;) and عليه ↓ الثّ, inf. n. إِلْثَاثٌ; (AA, S, K;) and ↓ لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ; (K;) He importuned him; was urgent with him. (AA, S, K.)

see 1, in three places.

See 1. -A2- لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ, He, or it, was weak. (K.) ― -b2- لَثْلَثَ and ↓ تَلَثْلَثَ It (a mist, and a cloud,) went to and fro, coming again whenever it was thought to have gone. (TA.) ― -b3- لَثْلَثَ فِى الأَمْرِ, (inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ; K;) and ↓ تَلَثْلَثَ, He wavered, or vacillated, (تَرَدَّدَ), in the affair. (A'Obeyd, S, K.) ― -b4- لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ, He did not make [his] speech clear, or distinct: (K:) you say لَثْلَثَ كَلَامَهُ He did not make his speech clear, or distinct. (TA.) ― -b5- لَثْلَثَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ, (S,) inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ, (K,) He withheld him, restrained him, or debarred him, from the thing that he wanted. (S, K.) ― -b6- لَثْلَثَ, inf. n. لَثْلَثَةٌ, He rolled a thing over in the dust. (K.) -A3- لَثْلَثْتُ البَعِيرَ [signifies, accord. to the CK and a MS copy of the K, كَدَدْتُهُ: accord. to the TA, لَدَدْتُهُ: but the right reading is said in the TK to be كَرَدْتُهُ, meaning I drove the camel]. -A4- لَثْلِثُوا بِنَا (or لثلثوا بنا سَاعَةً, T, art. مث, and TA,) Grant ye to us a little rest; expl. by رَوِّحُوا بِنَا قَلِيلًا: (K:) i. q. مَثْمِثُوا and ثَمْثِمُوا and جَفْجِفُوا. (T, art. مث.)

He became withholden (تَحَبَّسَ) in the place, and tarried, or remained, in it. (TA.) ― -b2- تَلَثْلَثَ فِى أَمْرِهِ He was slow, or tardy, in his affair. (TA.) ― -b3- See R. Q. 1. ― -b4- تَلَثْلَثَ He rolled himself over in the dust. (A'Obeyd, S, K.)

Dew; or day-dew; syn. نَدًى. (K.)

(so in the K, but in the L and other lexicons لَثْلَثٌ, TA,) and ↓ لَثْلَاثَةٌ One who is slow, or tardy, (in every affair, TA,) drawing back whenever thou thinkest that he hath consented to do what thou wantest. (K.)

: see لَثْلَاثٌ.

[Clouds continuing to pour down rain]. (TA.)

The gum. See art. لوث.