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لَيْثٌ ذ Strength: [like لَوْثٌ]. (TA.) ― -b2- اللَّيْثُ (S, K) and ↓ اللَّائِثُ (K) The lion: (S, K:) said to be from لَيْثٌ as signifying “ strength ”: accord. to Kr, from لَوْثٌ, as signifying the same: ISd says, that, if so, the ى is changed from و; but that this is not a valid opinion: yet Suh and several others agree with Kr: pl. لُيُوثٌ, and, as some say, مَلْيَثَةٌ, like مَشْيَخَةٌ and مَسْيَفَةٌ: (TA:) fem. لَيْثَةٌ; pl. لَيْثَاتٌ. (Msb.) ― -b3- لَيْثُ عِفِرِّينَ The lion: (AA, S:) or an animal like the chameleon, that opposes itself to the rider; so called in reference to عفرّين, the name of a town or district. (As, S.) One says إِِنَّهُ لَأَشْجَعُ مِنْ لَيْثِ عِفِرِّينَ [Verily he is more courageous than the lion, &c.] (S.) [See also art. عفر.] ― -b4- See أَلْيَثُ. ― -b5- لَيْثٌ Eloquent: (K:) strong in dispute: in the dial. of Hudheyl. (TA.) ― -b6- اللَّيْثُ also A certain kind of spider, (S, K,) that hunts flies by leaping, or springing: (S:) a certain kind of spider [surpassed, or equalled, by] no beast, or creeping thing, in acuteness, and circumvention, and in leaping, or springing, with correct aim, and in rapidity of snatching, and in dissimulation; that catches flies: ('Amr Ibn-Bahr:) or the spider, العَنْكَبُوت: (Lth:) or [a reptile] smaller than the عنكبوت, that catches flies. (TA.) -A2- لَيْثٌ A land's having dry herbage, and being rained upon, and producing fresh herbage, so that half of it is green, and half of it yellow. (TA.)