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ط ب ق

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of covering, fitting together, matching, and encompassing. It extends to ideas of layers, levels, and periods of time, as well as collective groups and intense experiences.

Derived headwords

الطَّبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    lid, coverboth

    A cover for anything that fits snugly upon it.

  2. 2.
    layer, stratumboth

    The part of anything that is level or equal to it; a layer or stratum.

  3. 3.
    plate, dishmodern

    That upon which food is eaten and served, or upon which fruits are placed.

  4. 4.
    era, epochclassical

    A period of time, a generation, or a century.

  5. 5.
    group, multitudeclassical

    A large group or multitude of people or locusts.

  6. 6.
    state, conditionclassical

    A state or condition, often implying hardship or difficulty.

  7. 7.
    earth's surfaceclassical

    The face of the earth.

  8. 8.
    bone, vertebraclassical

    A thin bone separating vertebrae, or the entire spine.

  9. 9.
    rainclassical

    Abundant, widespread rain that covers the earth.

  10. 10.
    part of night/dayclassical

    The greater part of the night or day.

  11. 11.
    female animalclassical

    A female animal that is unable to mate.

أَطْبَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    lids, coversboth

    Plural of 'ṭabaq', referring to covers or lids.

  2. 2.
    layers, strataboth

    Plural of 'ṭabaq', referring to layers or strata.

  3. 3.
    heavensclassical

    The seven heavens, described as being layered or fitting together.

  4. 4.
    groups, multitudesclassical

    Plural of 'ṭabaq', referring to large groups of people or locusts.

  5. 5.
    hardships, difficultiesclassical

    Plural of 'ṭabaq', referring to severe hardships or difficult states.

أَطْبَقَهverb
  1. 1.
    to coverboth

    To cover something completely.

  2. 2.
    to closeboth

    To close or shut something.

تَطَبَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be coveredboth

    To become covered or closed.

  2. 2.
    to fit togetherclassical

    To fit together or match.

تَطْبِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    The act of covering something completely.

  2. 2.
    applicationmodern

    The act of applying or putting into practice.

  3. 3.
    matchingclassical

    The act of making something fit or match.

تَطْبِيقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    completelyboth

    Adverbial use indicating completeness or thoroughness.

  2. 2.
    matchingclassical

    The act of making something fit or match.

تَطَبُّقnoun
  1. 1.
    fitting togetherclassical

    The act of fitting together or matching.

طَابَقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to matchboth

    To match, correspond to, or be equal to something.

  2. 2.
    to agree withboth

    To agree with or conform to something.

مُطَابَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    matchingboth

    The act of matching, conforming, or agreeing.

  2. 2.
    correspondenceboth

    Correspondence or agreement between things.

طِبَاقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    matchingclassical

    The act of matching or agreeing.

طَبَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    woman of intellectclassical

    An intelligent and wise woman, often married to a man of similar caliber.

  2. 2.
    class, stratummodern

    A social class or stratum.

  3. 3.
    layermodern

    A layer or level.

طَبَقِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    class-basedmodern

    Relating to social classes or stratification.

طَبَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to coverboth

    To cover something completely, to encompass.

  2. 2.
    to applymodern

    To apply something, to put into practice.

مُطَبِّقadjective
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    Something that covers or encompasses.

  2. 2.
    matchingclassical

    Fitting together or corresponding.

مُطَبَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    coveredboth

    Completely covered or enveloped.

  2. 2.
    layeredboth

    Arranged in layers or strata.

طِبَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    treesclassical

    A type of tree, possibly growing in rocky areas.

طَبَّاقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    incapable of matingclassical

    Describing a male animal unable to mate.

  2. 2.
    tongue-tiedclassical

    Describing a person who is unable to speak clearly or articulate.

Parallel reading

وضع الطبق على الحب
He placed the lid on the grain.
غطاه فانطبق
He covered it, and it became covered/closed.
لو تطبقت السماء على الأرض ما فعلت كذا
Even if the sky were to close in upon the earth, I would not do such a thing.
ولي ليلة ذات جهام أطباق
And [it was] a dark night, with layers of clouds.
بعضه طبق لبعض، أي: مساو له
Some of it is a layer for another, meaning equal to it.
وطابقه مطابقة وطباقا: وافقه وساواه
And he matched it, a matching and agreement: he agreed with it and equaled it.
والطبق: وجه الأرض وهو مجاز
And 'al-ṭabaq': the face of the earth, and this is metaphorical.
إذا مضى عالم بدا طبق
When an era passes, another era begins.
مضى طبق، وجاء طبق
An era passed, and an era came.
جاءها طبق من جراد
A swarm of locusts came to her.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall surely ascend from level to level.
أي: حالا بعد حال، ومنزلة بعد منزلة
Meaning: state after state, and station after station.
لتصيرن الأمور حالا بعد حال في الشدة
Matters will surely become state after state in hardship.
إني كنت على أطباق ثلاث
Indeed, I was in three states.
وتبقى أصلاب المنافقين طبقا واحدا
And the spines of the hypocrites will remain as one layer.
اللهم اسقنا غيثا مغيثا طبقا
O Allah, grant us abundant, life-giving rain that covers the earth.
مطر طبق الأرض: إذا عمها
Rain that covers the earth: meaning it encompasses it.
مضى طبق من الليل
A portion of the night passed.
إحدى بنات طبق
One of the calamities.
وافق شن طبقة
Shan met his match.
والسموات طباقا
And the heavens are layered.
خلق الله سبع سموات طباقا
Allah created seven heavens, layered one above another.
وطبق السحاب الجو: إذا غشاه
And the clouds covered the sky: meaning they enveloped it.
هذا مطر طبق الأرض
This is rain that covers the earth.
رعى الشث والطباق
He grazed on the 'shath' and the 'ṭibāq'.
جمل طباقاء انطبق عليه
A camel that is unable to mate.
رجل طباقاء معجم، ينطبق
A man whose speech is unclear and jumbled.