ولث
1 وَلَثَتْنَا السَّمَاءُ, [
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَلْثٌ, The sky wetted us with a little rain. (
TA.)
b2: وَلَثَهُ,
aor. ـِ (
S,)
inf. n. وَلْثٌ, (
S,
K,) He beat, struck, or smote, him, (
AA,
S,
K,) with a staff, or stick, (
AA,
S,) a little: (
As:) or he beat him, or struck him, without wounding him. (Aboo-Murrah El-Kusheyree.)
b3: وَلَثَ لَهُ عَقْدًا He made with him a covenant, compact, or contract, that was unintentional, or not firmly concluded, or settled. (
S.) وَلَثَ لَهُمْ, [
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَلْثٌ, He gave them, or granted them, somewhat of a covenant, compact, or contract. (
TA.)
b4: وَلَثَ, [
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَلْثٌ, He concluded a covenant, compact, or contract. (
TA.)
b5: وَلَثَ لَهُ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَلْثٌ, He made to him a weak promise. (
TA.)
b6: وَلَثَ فُلَانٌ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا,
inf. n. وَلْثٌ, Such a one appointed the manner of somewhat of our affair for us;
syn. وَجَّهَ. (
TA.)
b7: وَلَثَ لِمَمْلُوكِهِ عِتْقًا, [
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَلْثٌ,] He promised his slave manumission after his death, saying, Thou art free after my death. (
ISh.) وَلْثٌ A little of rain: (
S,
K:)
ex. أَصَابَنَا وَلْثٌ مِنْ مَطَرٍ A little rain fell upon us. (
S.)
b2: وَلْثُ السَّحَابِ A little rain. (
TA.)
b3: وَلْثٌ A covenant, compact, or contract, between a people, that happens unintentionally, مِنْ غَيْرِ قَصْدٍ: (
S:) or, not firmly concluded, or settled: (
S,
K:) or somewhat, or a little, of a covenant, compact, or contract:
ex., in a
trad., لَوْ لَا وَلْثٌ لَكَ مِنَ العَهْدِ لَضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَكَ Were it not for somewhat, or a little, of a covenant granted to thee, I had beheaded thee: (
TA:) or the remainder [or what remains unfulfilled] of a covenant &c.: (
T:) or a covenant &c. firmly concluded, or settled. (
TA.)
b4: وَلْثٌ A little of anything that is much in quantity. (
IAar.)
b5: وَلْثٌ What remains, of dough, in a platter. (
K.)
b6: What remains, of water, in a مُشَقَّر. (
K.)
b7: What remains, of the beverage called نَبِيذ, in the vessel. (
K.)
b8: وَلْثٌ A weak promise. (
K [See 1. In the
CK, and in a
MS. copy of the
K, for الوَعْدُ is put الوَغْدُ.])
b9: You also say لَهُمْ وَلْثٌ ضَعِيفٌ, and وَلْثٌ مُحْكَمٌ, [A weak promise has been made to them, and a firm promise]. (
TA.)
b10: وَلْثٌ A vestige, or trace, of ophthalmia. (
K.)
b11: لَمْ أَرَ
↓ مَنْهُ إِلَّا وَلْثَةً I saw not, of him, or it, aught save a small vestige, or trace. (
A.)
b12: وَلْثٌ
i. q. تَوْجِيهٌ; i. e., The saying to a slave (مَمْلُوك), Thou art free after my death. (
K.) وَلْثَةٌ: see وَلْثٌ.
b2: عِنْدِى وَلْثَةٌ مِنْ خَبَرٍ I have a little news. (
TA.) شَرٌّ وَالِثٌ A lasting, or constant, evil. (
K.)
b2: دَيْنٌ وَالِثٌ, an expression used by Ru-beh, (
TA,) A burdensome debt: (
K:) or a lasting, or constant, debt: (
IAar:) or, as some say, a debt by which one constantly binds himself (يَتَفَلَّدُهُ), as he does by a contract. (
L.)
As disapproves of the expression. (
TA.)
