ليث

2 ليّث He became related to the Benoo-Leyth. (A.) [See also 5.]3 لَايَثَةُ He did, acted, or dealt, with him in the manner of the lion: or he contended with him for the glory of resembling the lion. (S.) b2: He parted, or separated himself, from him; syn. زَايَلَهُ. (TA.) 5 تليّث and ↓ لَيَّثَ and لُيِّثَ He (a man, TA,) became like the Benoo-Leyth, or, like a lion, in desire; expl. by صَارَ لَيْثِىَّ الهَوَى; (K;) and in zeal in the cause of his party: (TA:) he became like a lion; as also ↓ إِسْتَلْيَثَ. (L.) 10 إِسْتَلْيَثَ see 5.

لَيْثٌ 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 إِنَّهُ 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.) لِيثٌ, signifying A certain plant that winds about, belongs to art. لوث, q. v. (TA.) لَيْثَةٌ A strong she-camel. (K.) See لَوثَةٌ.

لَيْثِىٌّ [Of, or belonging to, or resembling, a lion. (K.) لَيَاثَةٌ: see لُيُوثَةٌ.

لُيُوثَةٌ and ↓ لَيَاثَةٌ [Lion-like courage]. (TA.) لَيِّثٌ and لَيِّثَةٌ: see art. لوث.

أَلْيَثُ Courageous: pl. لِيثٌ: (IAar, K:) as also ↓ لَيْثٌ. (TA.) b2: أَلْيَثُ Stronger, and more hardy: or strongest, and most hardy. (TA, from a trad.) اللَّائِثُ: see لَيْثٌ.

مِلْيَثٌ [accord. to the K and TA; but in the L, ↓ مليّث;] Strong; powerful: (K:) or very hard; syn. شَدِيدُ العارضة. (L.) مُلَيَّثٌ: see مِلْيَثٌ. b2: (tropical:) A strong stallion; likened to a lion. (A.) b3: مُلَيَّبٌ Fat, and broken, or trained, to obedience; syn. سَمِينٌ مُذَلَّلٌ. (TS, K.) [See also art. لوث.] b4: مَكَانٌ مُلَيَّثٌ, as also مُلَوَّثٌ, A place having dry herbage, and being rained upon, and producing fresh herbage, so that half of it is green, and half of it yellow. (TA.) b5: رَأْسٌ مُلَيَّثٌ, as also مُلَوَّثٌ, A head of which part of the hair is black, and part white. (TA.) مُلَيِّيثٌ [A camel] full [of flesh, and] abounding with وَبَر, or wool. (TS, K.)