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أَطْوَعُ

Root: طوع

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أَطْوَعُ [as signifying More, and most, submissive or obedient is regularly formed from طَاعَ; or] is from الطَّاعَةُ [i. e. from أَطَاعَ], and similar to أَجْوَبُ [from أَجَابَ, and therefore anomalous]. (M and L in art. جوب.) أَطْوَعُ مِنْ فَرَسٍ, and مِنْ كَلْبٍ, [More submissive, or obedient, that a horse, and than a dog,] are provs.
2 [It app. signifies also Very submissive or obedient: see an ex. in a verse cited voce تَبَدَّعَ.
3 And it is also a simple epithet, like أَهْوَنُ &c.:] see طَائِعٌ, last sentence.
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