اطبقهُ
Root: طبق
Form: 4
Full Definition
اطبقهُIV
He covered it; as also
طبّقهُ , Verbal.Noun تَطْبِيقٌ; [i. e.] he made it to be covered; he put the
طَبَق, i. e. cover, upon it, namely, a jar [or the like]. And اطبقتُ الرَّحَى
I put the upper mill-stone upon the lower.
2 See also 2, second sentence. [This last ex. shows that اطبقهُ signifies sometimes It covered it as meaning it became a cover, or like a cover, to it; and اطبق عَلَيْهِ likewise has this meaning; as also انطبق عليه, and تطبّق عليه.]
3 [Hence,] one says, اطبق عَلَيْهِ الجُنُونُ
4 اطبقوا عَلَى الأَمْرِ means
5 And اطبقوا عَلَيْهِ They came round about him.
6 [And اطبقت عَلَيْهِ الحَيَّةُ The serpent wound itself round upon him. (See طَبَقٌ, last sentence.)]
7 And اطبقت النُّجُومُ The stars appeared, and were numerous; [as though they were like a cover; or] as though they were stage above stage (طَبَقَةٌ فَوْقَ طَبَقَةٍ).
8 [اطبقهُ عَلَيْهِ signifies He made it to cover it; i. e., to be a cover, or like a cover, upon it.] You say, أَطْبَقَ عَلَى مَخْرَجِ الحَرْفِ مِنَ اللِّسَانِ مَا حَاذَاهُ مِنَ الحَنَكِ [He made to cover the part of the tongue which was the place of utterance of the letter what was opposite to it of the palate; i. e. he put that part of his tongue close beneath the opposite part of the palate].
9 [Hence,] أَطْبَقَ عَلَيْهِمُ العَذَابَ, said of God,
10 And أَطْبَقَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ الحُمَّى, and الجُنُونَ,
11 One says also, اطبق البَابَ [He closed the door]. (Msb and K in art. وصد; &c.) And أَطْبِقْ شَفَتَيْكَ [Close thy lips;] i. e.
def.2 مَا أَطْبَقَهُ How skilful is he لِكَذَا [for the performance of such a thing]! is form طَبَّقَ المَفْصِلَ.
2 See also 2, second sentence. [This last ex. shows that اطبقهُ signifies sometimes It covered it as meaning it became a cover, or like a cover, to it; and اطبق عَلَيْهِ likewise has this meaning; as also انطبق عليه, and تطبّق عليه.]
3 [Hence,] one says, اطبق عَلَيْهِ الجُنُونُ
4 اطبقوا عَلَى الأَمْرِ means
5 And اطبقوا عَلَيْهِ They came round about him.
6 [And اطبقت عَلَيْهِ الحَيَّةُ The serpent wound itself round upon him. (See طَبَقٌ, last sentence.)]
7 And اطبقت النُّجُومُ The stars appeared, and were numerous; [as though they were like a cover; or] as though they were stage above stage (طَبَقَةٌ فَوْقَ طَبَقَةٍ).
8 [اطبقهُ عَلَيْهِ signifies He made it to cover it; i. e., to be a cover, or like a cover, upon it.] You say, أَطْبَقَ عَلَى مَخْرَجِ الحَرْفِ مِنَ اللِّسَانِ مَا حَاذَاهُ مِنَ الحَنَكِ [He made to cover the part of the tongue which was the place of utterance of the letter what was opposite to it of the palate; i. e. he put that part of his tongue close beneath the opposite part of the palate].
9 [Hence,] أَطْبَقَ عَلَيْهِمُ العَذَابَ, said of God,
10 And أَطْبَقَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ الحُمَّى, and الجُنُونَ,
11 One says also, اطبق البَابَ [He closed the door]. (Msb and K in art. وصد; &c.) And أَطْبِقْ شَفَتَيْكَ [Close thy lips;] i. e.
def.2 مَا أَطْبَقَهُ How skilful is he لِكَذَا [for the performance of such a thing]! is form طَبَّقَ المَفْصِلَ.
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