أَلْوَثُ

A man slow, or tardy. (M.)

دِيمَةٌ لَوْثَاءُ [A lasting, or continuous, and still, rain] that lays, or mixes, the plants, part upon part, (Lth, K, TA,) like as straw is mixed with the kind of trefoil called قَتّ: (Lth, TA:) but this explanation is disapproved by AM. (TA.)

سَحَابَةٌ لَوْثَاءُ A slow cloud: such a cloud is the longest in raining. (AM.)

أَلْوَثُ Slow and heavy in tongue; (K;) slow in speech, and heavy in tongue: feminine لَوْثَاءُ, [plural لُوتٌ]. (TA.)

A man weak in mind, or understanding: from لَوْثٌ, as signifying “ weak, incomplete, evidence. ” (Msb.)

أَلْوَثُ, like أَثْوَلُ, Stupid; foolish; of little sense; as also ↓ مُلْتَاثٌ: (TA:) stupid, foolish, or of little sense, and cowardly: plural لُوثٌ. (IAar.)

Languid; flaccid: (S, K:) applied to a man. (S.)

-A2- Strong; powerful; vigorous. Thus the word bears two contrary significations. (K.)