لُبْثٌ

and ↓ لَبَاثٌ (Msb) A tarrying; a staying; a stopping: (Msb:) and ↓ لُبْثَةٌ a loitering; tarrying; staying; waiting; pausing in expectation. (K.)

هُوَ قَلِيلُ اللَّبَاثِ, and ↓ اللُّبْثَةِ, [He tarries, or stays, little]. (A.)

اَلماءُ إِذَا طَالَ لُبْثُهُ ظَهَرَ خُبْثُهُ [When water remains long stagnant, its corruptness, or impurity, or foulness, becomes apparent]. (A.)