ل • ت • أ

, aor. لَتَاَ , (K,) inf. n. لَتْءٌ, (TA,) He thrust him on his breast. (K.) لَتَأَ He hit, struck, or hurt; syn. أَصَابَ. (TA.) لَتَأَ بِسَهْمٍ He shot an arrow. (K, * TA.) لَتَأَهُ بِحَجَرٍ He cast a stone at him. (S, K. *) لَتَأَتْ بِهِ (tropical:) She (a woman) brought him forth. (S, K. *) لَعَنَ اللّٰهُ أُمًّا لَتَأَتْ بِهِ, and لَكَأَتْ به, (S,) (tropical:) God curse the mother that cast him forth (from her womb) ! a tropical expression, from casting a stone, or shooting an arrow. (TA.) لَتَأَ, (S, K,) inf. n. لَتْءٌ, (TA,) Inivit feminam. (S, K.) -A2- لَتَأَ He lessened, or diminished; syn. نَقَصَ. (K.) Pepedit. (K.) Excrevit merdam. (K.) He, or it, passed, or went away; syn. مَضَى. (CK.) -A3- لَتَأَ بِعَيْنِهِ, (TA,) or لتأ alone, (K,) inf. n. لَتْءٌ, (TA,) He looked intently. (K.) لَتَأَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ He looked intently at him. (S.)

Remaining fixed, or keeping, to his place: (K:) or thrown down, or hit, or struck, and remaining fixed, or keeping, to his place. (TA.) [In the TA, one of the words by which it is explained is ↓ مَلْتِىٌّ; which is for مَلْتُوءٌ; like مَقْرِىٌّ for مَقْرُوءٌ.]