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طَاقَةٌ

Root: طوق

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طَاقَةٌ is the subst. from أَطَاقَ, and is used in the place of the Verbal.Noun, and [when used as a simple subst.] signifies Ability, or power; and so طَوْقٌ , which is [originally] an Verbal.Noun, and is also expl. as meaning the utmost that one can do, with difficulty, trouble, or inconvenience. One says, [لَا طَاقَةَ لِى بِهِ I have not ability, or power, to do it, or to bear or endure or tolerate it: and, to cope with him: and] هُوَ فِى It is within my ability, or power. In the phrase طَلَبْتَهُ طَاقَتَكَ, [as meaning Thou soughtest him, or it, in thy state of ability, or power,] Sb says, the [quasi-] Verbal.Noun is prefixed [to the pronoun, and thus rendered determinate], though occupying the place of a denotative of state; in like manner as the article ال is prefixed [to عراك] in the phrase أَرْسَلَهَا.

def.2 [Also A slender and small bundle or fascicle of fibres or filaments or the like, one of those whereof two or more, twisted together, compose a rope; a strand, a yarn, a single twist, or single thread, of a rope or cord or fringe &c.] You say طَاقَةٌ مِنْ حَبْلٍ A strand, yarn, or single twist, of a rope; syn. قُوَّةٌ; (S voce قُوَّةٌ;) and so طَاقٌ مِنْ حَبْلٍ, pl. أَطْوَاقٌ: (JK voce قُوَّةٌ:) [the pl. of طَاقَةٌ in this sense is طَاقَاتٌ:] طَاقَاتُ الحَبْلِ means قُوَاهُ, as is said in the A.
2 And A شُعْبَة [i. e. spring, spray, bunch, or branchlet,] of sweet basil, or of sweet-smelling plants: and likewise [a lock, or flock,] of hair: [and so of wool, and the like;] you say طَاقَةُ رَيْحَانٍ, [or مِنْ رَيْحَانٍ, &c.,] meaning شُعْبَةٌ مِنْهُ, as in the A.
3 طَاقَةُ نَعْلٍ: see طَاقٌ, latter half.
4 See also another meaning of طَاقَةٌ voce طَاقٌ, first quarter.


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