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طبق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

7 انطبق ذ It was, or became, covered; (O, K;) [i. e.] it was made to be covered; ] or it had the طَبَق, i. e. cover, put upon it; ] quasi-pass. of أَطْبَقَهُ; (O;) and so ↓ تطبّق. (S, O, K.) ― -b2- [And It became closed; said of a door, &c. ― -b3- Hence,] يَنْطَبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الكَلَامُ i. q. يَنْغَلِقُ (assumed tropical:) [ Speech is as though it were closed against him; i. e. he is impeded in his speech, unable to speak, or tonguetied ]. (O.) ― -b4- See also 4. ― -b5- [Hence one says of a rule, يَنْطَبِقُ عَلَى كَذَا وَكَذَا (assumed tropical:) It applies to such and such things or subjects. ]

Derived headwords

انطبقverb
  1. 1.
يَنْطَبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الكَلَامُ
يَنْطَبِقُ عَلَى كَذَا وَكَذَا