Arabic - English Dictionary رَيْث
Root: ر ي ث
مصدر راثَ.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Verbal noun of ratha (Slowness/Delay).
مقدار المُهلة من الزَّمن، وتأتي متَّصلةً بـ (ما)
🇬🇧 Translation:
An amount of respite from time, and comes connected with (ma) (As long as/While).
Example / Citation:
- " ما قعد إلا رَيْثَما انصرف
- سأبقى ريثما تعود
- رُبَّ ريْثٍ يُعْقِبُ فَوْتًا : ربمَّا تأخَّر المرءُ في اغتنام الفرصة ففاتته "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " ma qa'ada illa raythama insaraf
- sa'abqa raythama ta'ud
- rubba raythin yu'qibu fawtan : rubbama ta'akhkhara al-mar'u fi ightinami al-fursati fafatat'hu (He only sat for a moment then left
- I will stay until you return
- Many a delay results in missing out: perhaps one delays in seizing the opportunity so he misses it) "