ل • ط • أ

, aor. لَطَاَ , inf. n. لَطْءٌ; and لَطِيءَ, aor. لَطَاَ , inf. n. لُطُوْءٌ; He clave to the ground. (S, K.) Also, the former, without ء: إِلْطَهْ occurs in a trad. for إِلْطَأْ [imper. of لَطِيءَ] Cleave to the ground. (TA.) لَطِيءَ لِسَانِى My tongue became stiff, so that I could not move it to speak. From a trad. (TA.) لَطَأَ, (K,) inf. n. لَطْءٌ, (TA,) He beat a person with a staff or stick: or he beat on the back only. (K.)

A wound on the head, such as is termed سِمْحَاقٌ: (K:) also termed ↓ مِلْطَأٌ and ↓ مِلْطَأَةٌ [q. v. infra]. (TA.) Also, A pustule (K) that comes forth upon a man, scarcely curable; (TA;) said to be from the sting, or bite, of the ثُطْأَة. So in the L; but in the K, incorrectly, or it is from the sting, or bite, of the ثطاة. (TA.) Also, A small kind of قَلَنْسُوَة, that cleaves to the head. (A, TA.)

The wolf: [because it crouches, or crawls, upon the ground]. (TA.) A hunter, or sportsman: [for the same reason]. (TA.)

and مِلْطَأَة: see لَاطِيءَةٌ, and also arts. لطى and لط. The former is also explained as signifying The pericranium itself; a thin cuticle, or membrane, between the bone of the scull and its flesh: accord. to IAth and the L. (TA.)

[I saw the wolf crouching to steal]. (TA.)