ArabicGenius عَبْقَرِيُّ العَرَبِيَّةِ
makatha

remain, reside

مَكَثَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

م ك ث

Forms

Present
يَمْكُثُ
Verbal noun
مَكْث

In the library

وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنْزِيلًا

The Qurʾān, page 293 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ مَكَثَيَمْكُثُ—
she هِيَ مَكَثَتتَمْكُثُ—
they two (m.) هُما مَكَثايَمْكُثانِ—
they two (f.) هُما مَكَثَتاتَمْكُثانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ مَكَثُوايَمْكُثُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ مَكَثْنَيَمْكُثْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ مَكَثْتَتَمْكُثُاُمْكُثْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ مَكَثْتِتَمْكُثِينَاُمْكُثِي
you two أَنْتُما مَكَثْتُماتَمْكُثانِاُمْكُثَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ مَكَثْتُمتَمْكُثُونَاُمْكُثُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ مَكَثْتُنَّتَمْكُثْنَاُمْكُثْنَ
I أَنا مَكَثْتُأَمْكُثُ—
we نَحْنُ مَكَثْنانَمْكُثُ—

From the same root

All words from م ك ث →

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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