طقق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes imitative sounds, particularly the sharp, repetitive noises made by hard objects striking each other, like stones or hooves. It also extends to the sounds of animals, such as frogs or horses running.

Derived headwords

طَقّverb

1.
to make a sharp soundboth
To produce a sharp, striking sound, often associated with hard objects colliding.

طَقْطَقَverb

1.
to make a repetitive sharp soundboth
To repeatedly make a sharp, striking sound, intensifying the sound of 'طق'.

طَقْطَقَةnoun

1.
repetitive sharp soundboth
The act or sound of making a repetitive sharp noise, like the clattering of hooves.

حَبَطْقَطَقَverb

1.
to make a galloping soundclassical
An imitative verb used to describe the sound of horses running or galloping, suggesting rapid movement.

Parallel reading

حكاية صوت حجر وقع على حجر

An imitation of the sound of a stone falling on a stone.

وإن ضوعف فيقال طقطق

And if it is doubled, it is said 'taqtaqa'.

طق حكاية صوت الحجر والحافر

Taqq is an imitation of the sound of a stone and a hoof.

والطقطقة فعله مثل الدقدقة

And 'taqtaqah' is its action, like 'daqdaqah'.

الطقطقة صوت قوائم الخيل على الأرض الصلبة

The 'taqtaqah' is the sound of horses' hooves on hard ground.

وربما قالوا حبطقطق كأنهم حكوا صوت الجري

And sometimes they say 'habtaqtaq' as if they were imitating the sound of running.

جرت الخيل فقالت: ... حبطقطق حبطقطق

The horses ran and it sounded: ... habtaqtaq habtaqtaq.

وطق: صوت الضفدع إذا وثب من حاشية النهر

And 'taqq': the sound of a frog when it leaps from the riverbank.

يقال: لا يساوي طق

It is said: 'It is not worth a taqq' (i.e., worth nothing).