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الطبق

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of covering, fitting, matching, and abundance. It extends to various objects that cover or fit together, groups of things, and periods of time. It also encompasses actions of covering, joining, and agreeing, as well as specific physical and metaphorical applications.

Derived headwords

الطَّبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    coverboth

    The lid or covering of anything.

  2. 2.
    layerboth

    A layer or stratum of something, or a flat dish.

  3. 3.
    groupboth

    A large number or group of people, locusts, or other entities.

  4. 4.
    periodboth

    A period of time, such as a decade or twenty years.

  5. 5.
    plateboth

    A plate or dish, especially one used for eating.

ج: أطباق وأطبقة — plural: dishes and layers
طَبَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to coverboth

    To cover something completely, or to make it fit or conform.

  2. 2.
    to applyboth

    To apply something, to make it conform or fit.

  3. 3.
    to closeboth

    To close or shut something.

وأطبقه فتطبق — and he closed it, so it closed
تَطَابُقverb
  1. 1.
    to matchboth

    To match, correspond, or be in agreement with something.

  2. 2.
    to fitboth

    To fit together, to be congruent.

وطابقه مطابقة وطباقا — and he made it match it, with matching and conformity
طَابَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to conformboth

    To make something conform to another, or to match.

  2. 2.
    to wear one over anotherboth

    To wear one garment over another.

وطابق بين قميصين: لبس أحدهما على الآخر — and he matched two shirts: wearing one over the other
طَبَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    layerboth

    A layer, stratum, or level.

  2. 2.
    womanclassical

    An intelligent woman who marries an intelligent man.

  3. 3.
    timeboth

    An hour of the day.

وطبقة: امرأة عاقلة، تزوج بها رجل عاقل — and Tabqah: an intelligent woman, married by an intelligent man
طِبَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    agreementboth

    Conformity, agreement, or matching.

  2. 2.
    abundanceclassical

    Abundance or multitude.

والسماوات طباق، ككتاب: لمطابقة بعضها بعضا — and the heavens are layers, like 'kitab': because they match each other
طَبَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to coverboth

    To cover or envelop something, like clouds covering the sky or water covering the earth.

  2. 2.
    to become generalboth

    To become widespread or general, like rain.

وطبق الشيء تطبيقا: عم — and he applied the thing, making it general
طَبَقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    infertileclassical

    A camel unable to mate.

  2. 2.
    tongue-tiedclassical

    A man whose speech is unclear or hesitant.

  3. 3.
    heavyclassical

    A man who is heavy or burdensome, especially to his wife.

وجمل طباقاء: عاجز عن الضراب — and a camel tabqa': unable to mate
الطَّابَقnoun
  1. 1.
    large brickboth

    A large brick, also called 'tabaq'.

  2. 2.
    partclassical

    A part or limb.

  3. 3.
    cooking potclassical

    A vessel in which food is cooked, borrowed from Persian 'tabah'.

والطابق، كهاجر وصاحب: الآجر الكبير، كالطاباق — and al-tabiq, like hajar and sahib: the large brick, like al-tabbaq
الطَّبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    glueboth

    A sticky substance used for trapping, like birdlime.

  2. 2.
    fruitclassical

    Fruit of a tree.

  3. 3.
    trapboth

    A snare or trap.

والطبق، بالكسر: الدبق يصاد به — and al-tabaq, with kasra: the birdlime used for hunting
طَبَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hourboth

    An hour of the day.

والساعة من النهار، كالطبقة — and the hour of the day, like al-tabqah
طَبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    hourboth

    An hour of the night.

وكأمير: الساعة من الليل، ج: طبق، بالضم — and like amir: the hour of the night, plural: tuabq, with damma
طَبَقًا وطَبِيقًاadverb
  1. 1.
    fullyboth

    Completely, fully, or entirely.

وطبقا وطبيقا: مليا — and tabqan and tabiqan: fully
طَبَقُهُ وطِبَاقُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its matchboth

    Its equivalent, its match, or what conforms to it.

وهذا طبقه، بالكسر والتحريك، وطباقه، ككتاب وأمير، أي مطابقه — and this is its tabq, with kasra and haraka, and its tibaq, like kitab and amir, meaning its match
أَطْبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to coverboth

    To cover something completely.

  2. 2.
    to agreeboth

    For people to agree unanimously on a matter.

  3. 3.
    to multiplyclassical

    For stars to become numerous and appear.

وأطبقه: غطاه — and atbaqa: he covered it
تَطْبِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    applicationboth

    The act of applying or making something conform.

  2. 2.
    coveringboth

    The act of covering completely.

  3. 3.
    prayer postureclassical

    Specific postures in prayer, like placing hands between thighs in bowing.

  4. 4.
    joiningboth

    The act of joining or fitting together.

والتطبيق في الصلاة: جعل اليدين بين الفخذين في الركوع — and al-tatbiq in prayer: placing the hands between the thighs in bowing
مُطَابَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    conformityboth

    Agreement, conformity, or matching.

  2. 2.
    gaitclassical

    The gait of a hobbled animal.

  3. 3.
    placementclassical

    A horse placing its feet where its hands were.

والمطابقة: الموافقة — and al-mutabaqah: conformity
طَفِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to beginboth

    To begin or start doing something.

وطبق يفعل، كفرح: طفق — and tabiq does, like fariha: he began
مُطَبِّقadjective
  1. 1.
    envelopingboth

    Covering completely, enveloping.

  2. 2.
    accurateclassical

    One who accurately assesses matters with his opinion.

ومحدث: من يصيب الأمور برأيه — and mutabbq: one who hits matters with his opinion
بَنَاتُ طَبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    Great calamities or disasters.

  2. 2.
    turtlesclassical

    Turtles or tortoises.

  3. 3.
    snakesclassical

    Snakes.

وبنات طبق: الدواهي، والسلاحف، والحيات — and banat tabq: calamities, turtles, and snakes
بِنْتُ طَبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    turtleclassical

    A specific type of turtle that lays many eggs, some of which hatch into snakes.

وبنت طبق: سلحفاة تبيض تسعا وتسعين بيضة، كلها سلاحف، وتبيض بيضة تنقف عن حية — and bint tabq: a turtle that lays ninety-nine eggs, all of which are turtles, and lays one egg that hatches into a snake
الطَّابَقِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    anusclassical

    The anus.

والعمة الطابقية، هي: الاقتعاط — and al-'ammah al-tabiqiyyah, it is: the anus
طَبَقًاadverb
  1. 1.
    fullyboth

    Completely, fully.

طَبِيقًاadverb
  1. 1.
    fullyboth

    Completely, fully.

طَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to stickclassical

    To stick to the side.

ويده طبقا، ويحرك، فهي طبقة: لزقت بالجنب — and his hand tabiq, and he moves it, so it is tabiqah: stuck to the side
طَبَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sticky substanceboth

    A sticky substance.

والطبق، بالكسر: الدبق يصاد به، وحمل شجر، وكل ما ألزق به شيء، والفخاخ، كالطبق، كعنب، واحدهما: طبقة، بالكسر — and al-tabaq, with kasra: the birdlime used for hunting, and tree fruit, and everything that is stuck to it, and traps, like al-tabaq, like 'inab, and one of them is: tabqah, with kasra
الطَّبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    trapboth

    A trap.

والطبق، بالكسر: الدبق يصاد به، وحمل شجر، وكل ما ألزق به شيء، والفخاخ، كالطبق، كعنب — and al-tabaq, with kasra: the birdlime used for hunting, and tree fruit, and everything that is stuck to it, and traps, like al-tabaq, like 'inab
طَبَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hourboth

    An hour of the day.

والساعة من النهار، كالطبقة — and the hour of the day, like al-tabqah
طَبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    hourboth

    An hour of the night.

وكأمير: الساعة من الليل، ج: طبق، بالضم — and like amir: the hour of the night, plural: tuabq, with damma
مُطْبِقadjective
  1. 1.
    envelopingboth

    Enveloping, covering completely.

والجنون المطبق — and the enveloping madness
الحروف المطبقةnoun
  1. 1.
    emphatic lettersclassical

    Emphatic letters in Arabic phonology (e.g., ص, ض, ط, ظ).

والحروف المطبقة: الصاد إلى الظاء — and the emphatic letters: the sad to the dha

Parallel reading

الطبق، محركة: غطاء كل شيء، ج: أطباق وأطبقة.
Al-tabaq, with haraka: the cover of everything, plural: atbaq and atbiqah.
وطبقه تطبيقا فانطبق، وأطبقه فتطبق.
And he made it conform, with conformity, so it conformed, and he closed it, so it closed.
والطبق أيضا من كل شيء: ما ساواه، وقد طابقه مطابقة وطباقا، ووجه الأرض، والذي يؤكل عليه، والقرن من الزمان، أو عشرون سنة، و من الناس والجراد: الكثير، أو الجماعة، كالطبق، بالكسر، والحال، ومنه: {لتركبن طبقا عن طبق} ، وعظم رقيق يفصل بين كل فقارين، و من المطر: العام، وظهر فرج المرأة، و من النهار والليل: معظمهما.
And al-tabaq also of everything: what equals it, and he made it match it, with matching and conformity, and the face of the earth, and that upon which one eats, and a period of time, or twenty years, and of people and locusts: the abundant, or the group, like al-tabaq, with kasra, and the state, and from it: {You will surely pass from one stage to another stage} , and a thin bone separating each two vertebrae, and of rain: the year, and the vulva of a woman, and of the day and night: their majority.
والسماوات طباق، ككتاب: لمطابقة بعضها بعضا.
And the heavens are layers, like 'kitab': because they match each other.
وطبق الشيء تطبيقا: عم، و السحاب الجو: غشاه، و الماء وجه الأرض: غطاه.
And he applied the thing, making it general, and the clouds covered the atmosphere: they enveloped it, and the water covered the face of the earth: it covered it.
وكزنار: شجر منابته جبال مكة، نافع للسموم شربا وضمادا، ومن الجرب والحكة والحميات العتيقة والمغص واليرقان وسدد الكبد، شديد الإسخان.
And like Zunnar: a tree whose habitat is the mountains of Mecca, beneficial for poisons when drunk and as a poultice, and for scabies, itching, chronic fevers, colic, jaundice, and liver obstructions, intensely heating.
وجمل طباقاء: عاجز عن الضراب.
And a camel tabqa': unable to mate.
ورجل طباقاء: ينعجم عليه الكلام وينغلق، أو ثقيل يطبق على المرأة بصدره لثقله، أو عيي.
And a man tabqa': his speech is unclear and blocked, or heavy, pressing on the woman with his chest due to his weight, or tongue-tied.
والطابق، كهاجر وصاحب: الآجر الكبير، كالطاباق، والعضو، أو نصف الشاة، وظرف يطبخ فيه، معرب: تابه، ج: طوابق وطوابيق.
And al-tabiq, like hajar and sahib: the large brick, like al-tabbaq, and a limb, or half a sheep, and a vessel in which one cooks, borrowed: tabah, plural: tawabiq and tawabiq.
والعمة الطابقية، هي: الاقتعاط.
And al-'ammah al-tabiqiyyah, it is: the anus.
والطبق، بالكسر: الدبق يصاد به، وحمل شجر، وكل ما ألزق به شيء، والفخاخ، كالطبق، كعنب، واحدهما: طبقة، بالكسر، والساعة من النهار، كالطبقة.
And al-tabaq, with kasra: the birdlime used for hunting, and tree fruit, and everything that is stuck to it, and traps, like al-tabaq, like 'inab, and one of them is: tabqah, with kasra, and the hour of the day, like al-tabqah.
وكأمير: الساعة من الليل، ج: طبق، بالضم.
And like amir: the hour of the night, plural: tuabq, with damma.
وطبقا وطبيقا: مليا.
And tabqan and tabiqan: fully.
وهذا طبقه، بالكسر والتحريك، وطباقه، ككتاب وأمير، أي مطابقه.
And this is its tabq, with kasra and haraka, and its tibaq, like kitab and amir, meaning its match.
وما أطبقه: ما أحذقه.
And what he made it conform to: what he mastered.
وطبق يفعل، كفرح: طفق، و يده طبقا، ويحرك، فهي طبقة: لزقت بالجنب.
And tabiq does, like fariha: he began, and his hand tabiq, and he moves it, so it is tabiqah: stuck to the side.
وأطبقه: غطاه، ومنه: الجنون المطبق، والحمى المطبقة، و القوم على الأمر: أجمعوا، و النجوم: كثرت وظهرت.
And he covered it: he covered it, and from it: the enveloping madness, and the enveloping fever, and the people agreed on the matter: they unanimously agreed, and the stars: they became numerous and appeared.
والحروف المطبقة: الصاد إلى الظاء.
And the emphatic letters: the sad to the dha.
والتطبيق في الصلاة: جعل اليدين بين الفخذين في الركوع، وإصابة السيف المفصل، وتقريب الفرس في العدو وتعميم الغيم بمطره.
And al-tatbiq in prayer: placing the hands between the thighs in bowing, striking the joint with the sword, bringing the horse close in its run, and the clouds covering with their rain.
وكمحدث: من يصيب الأمور برأيه.
And like mutabbq: one who hits matters with his opinion.
والمطابقة: الموافقة، ومشي المقيد، ووضع الفرس رجليه موضع يديه.
And al-mutabaqah: conformity, the gait of the hobbled, and the horse placing its legs where its hands were.