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ط ق ق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the imitation of sounds, particularly sharp, repetitive noises. It extends to the sound of objects striking each other, like stones or hooves, and metaphorically to the quickness of speech or movement.

Derived headwords

طَقnoun
  1. 1.
    sound imitationboth

    An onomatopoeic word imitating a sharp sound, often associated with striking or impact.

  2. 2.
    frog's soundclassical

    The sound made by a frog as it leaps from the riverbank.

طَقْطَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    clattering soundboth

    The sound of stones falling or striking against each other, especially when rolling down a mountain.

  2. 2.
    hooves soundclassical

    The sound of horses' hooves on a hard surface.

  3. 3.
    quick speechclassical

    Figuratively, quickness or rapidity in speech.

طَقْطَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a clattering soundboth

    To produce a repetitive, sharp sound, like stones striking each other.

حَبَطَقْطَقnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of running horsesclassical

    A word used to imitate the sound of horses running, possibly their hooves or the general commotion.

طَقْطُوقadjective
  1. 1.
    quick-wittedclassical

    Describing someone who is quick in mind and speech.

  2. 2.
    light of beingclassical

    Describing someone who is physically light or agile.

مُطَقْطِقadjective
  1. 1.
    quick-wittedclassical

    Describing someone who is quick in mind and speech.

  2. 2.
    light of beingclassical

    Describing someone who is physically light or agile.

Parallel reading

حكاية صوت
Imitation of a sound.
وقد ألحقوه بالرباعي، فقالوا: طقطقة
And they have attached it to the quadriliteral roots, saying: taqtaqah.
صوت الحجارة
The sound of stones.
يقال: سمعت طقطقة الحجارة، أي: وقع بعضها على بعض إذا تدهدهت من جبل
It is said: 'I heard the clattering of stones,' meaning, the striking of some against others when they roll down from a mountain.
مثل الدقدقة سواء
It is the same as dakdakah.
حكاية صوت الحجر والحافر
Imitation of the sound of a stone and a hoof.
والطقطقة فعله، مثل الدقدقة
And al-taqtaqah is its action, like al-dakdakah.
طق: صوت الضفدع يثب من حاشية النهر
Taqq: the sound of a frog leaping from the riverbank.
يقال: لا يساوي طق
It is said: 'It is not worth a taqq.'
الطقطقة: صوت قوائم الخيل على الأرض الصلبة
Al-taqtaqah: the sound of horses' hooves on the 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 they said... habtaqtaq habtaqtaq.
كيف تجري حبطقطق
How they run, habtaqtaq.
الطقطقة: الخفة في الكلام
Al-taqtaqah: quickness in speech.
وهو طقطوق، ومطقطق: للخفيف الذات والكلام
And he is taqtaq, and mutaqtaq: for one who is light in being and speech.
ويكون عن الطقطقة أيضا بالموت عن طعن الجن
And it can also be from al-taqtaqah by death from the stab of jinn.