See also: لات and لاپ

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

لَاثَ (lāṯa) I, non-past يَلُوثُ‎ (yalūṯu)

  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 edit