لاث

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ل و ث (l-w-ṯ), inherited from Proto-Semitic *lawaṯ-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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لَاثَ (lāṯa) I (non-past يَلُوثُ (yalūṯu), verbal noun لَوْث (lawṯ))

  1. to twist around, to roll around, to wind
    • 1942 November 16, علي الجندي, مجلة الرسالة:
      وقد لاثت على رأسها عمامة رقيقة من لون معرضها زادتها فتنة!
      And she wound around her head a delicate turban of a colour that exposed her and added to the temptation!

Conjugation

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