ل • ث

, [aor. لَثِ3َ ,] 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.) لَثَّ, [aor. لَثِ3َ ,] 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.) لَثَّ الشَّجَرَ, [aor. لَثُ3َ ,] It (dew, or day-dew, لَثٌّ,) fell upon the trees. (K.) The noun is in the acc. case. (TA.) لَثَّ عَلَيْهِ, [aor. لَثِ3َ ,] 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.)

(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.)

Dew; or day-dew; syn. نَدًى. (K.)

The gum. See art. لوث.

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

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