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طَاعَ

Root: طوع

Form: 1

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طَاعَI , and طَاعَهُ, first pers. طُعْتُ, Present.T يَطُوعُ, Verbal.Noun طَوْعٌ; and, first pers. طِعْتُ, Present.T يَطَاعُ, a good dial. var., and يَطِيعُ, (Msb, and K in art. طيع,) Verbal.Noun طَيْعٌ; (TA in art. طيع;) three dial. vars., coordinate to قَالَ and خَافَ and بَاعَ; He was, or became, submissive to him; as also له; and , Verbal.Noun إِطَاعَةٌ, and subst. [i. e. quasi-Verbal.Noun] طَاعَةٌ : or i. q. اطاع ; which is expl. by ISd as meaning he was, or became, gentle, and submissive; as also طَاعَ, Present.T يَطَاعُ: [or each of these two verbs may be rendered he was, or became, obedient; or he obeyed; when by this is meant compliance with another's will or wish, not with a command: but] one says, أَمَرَهُ [He commanded him and he obeyed him], with ا, not otherwise; or أَمَرَهُ قَأَطَاعَ [he commanded him and he obeyed]; for it is said that is never otherwise than a consequence of a command; and IF says that when one goes by command of another you say of him اطاعهُ: Er-Rághib says that is like الطَّوْعُ; but is mostly used as meaning obedience to a command [or the like; whence the saying, اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تُطِيعَنَّ لِى شَامِتًا, expl. in art. شمت]: and طاوعهُ , also, signifies he obeyed him; like : you say, طاوعهُ عَلَى أَمْرِ كَذَا he obeyed him in respect of such an affair.
2 [Hence,] لِسَانُهُ لَا يَطُوعُ بِكَذَا His tongue will not aid, or assist, him with such a thing. See also 2. [And see 3.]
3 And sometimes one says, طَاعَ لَهُ المَرْتَعُ, like اطاع له, or like اطاعهُ, meaning The pasturage enabled him to pasture his cattle upon it wheresoever he would, and was ample to him; and it was not inaccessible to him.
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