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مكث

1 مَكَثَ ذ , aor. مَكُثَ ; and مَكُثَ, aor. مَكُثَ ; inf. n. مَكْثٌ [with which مُكْثٌ and مِكثٌ (see below) are syn.] and مِكِّيثَى (S, K) [like خِصِّيصَى, q. v.,] and مِكِّيثَآءُ [like خِصِّيصَآءُ] and مَكَثٌ and مُكُوثٌ and مُكْثَانٌ (K) and مَكَاثٌ and مَكَاثَةٌ [which last is the inf. n. of مَكُثَ]; (TA;) He tarried; tarried and waited, or expected; (S, K;) was patient, and tarried, and waited, or expected: or he tarried, stayed, or stopped, expecting: loitered; tarried; stayed; waited; paused in expectation; فِى مَكَانٍ in a place. (TA.) [In like manner,] ↓ تمكّث He loitered; tarried; stayed; waited; paused in expectation. (S, K.) 5 تَمَكَّثَ see 1. مُكْثٌ ذ and ↓ مِكْثٌ , substs., from مَكَثَ or مَكُثَ, A tarrying; tarrying and waiting, or expecting; &c. (S, A.) مِكْثٌ ذ : see مُكْثٌ. مَكِيثٌ ذ Grave: (S, K:) who does not hasten in his affair: pl. مُكَثَآءُ and مَكِيثُونَ. (TA.) ― -b2- مَكِيثُ الكَلَامِ (tropical:) Slow of speech. (Ibn-Abi-l- Hadeed.) ― -b3- Also مَكِيثٌ A man remaining; staying; abiding; remaining fixed, or stationary. (TA.) سَارَ الرَّجُلُ مُتَمَكِّثًا ذ The man journeyed, or proceeded, loitering; syn. مُتَلَوِّمًا. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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