بَطُوءَ
1.
, aorist
بَطُاَ
, verbal noun بُطْءٌ (S, Msb, K) and بَطَاءَةٌ, with fet-h and medd, (Msb,) or بِطَاءٌ, like كِتَابٌ; (K;) and
ابطأ; (S, Msb, K;) He was, or became, slow, tardy, dilatory, late, or backward; opposite of
أَسْرَعَ; (K;) in his going or course, and in his gait [&c.]: (TA:) or the latter is said of a man; (S, Msb;) meaning [as above; or] his coming was late, or backward; (Msb;) [and is apparently elliptical, for ابطأ مَشْيَهُ
he made his pace, or going, slow, &c.; or the like; see اسرع:] and بَطُوءَ [denotes what is as it were an innate quality; see, again, أَسْرَعَ; or] is said of one's coming; [meaning it was, or became, slow, &c.;] (S, Msb;) بُطْءٌ being the opposite of
سُرْعَةٌ. (S.) One should not say
أَبْطَيْتَ for أَبْطَأْتَ. (S.) [See also 6.]
2.
بَطُءَ ذَا خُرُوجًا: see بُطْانَ.