يَلْبَثْremain in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ الْقَوْمُ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً حَتَّى أَتَى الْجُرْذُ عَلَى الرَدْمِ

  So the people had not remained except a little until the rat came onto the mound.

  يَلْبَثْ — remain. Present-shaped verb of remaining, pulled into its clipped jussive ending by the 'did not' before it. The pairing says they did not linger.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →