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طَبَاقَآءُ

Root: طبق

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طَبَاقَآءُ A camel that will not cover; lacking strength, or ability, to cover.
2 And, applied to a man, Impeded in his speech; unable to speak; or tonguetied: or that will not perform the act of coïtus: or heavy, covering the woman (يُطْبِقُ عَلَى المَرْأَةِ, in the CK [erroneously] يَطْبِقُ, and in my MS. copy of the K يُطَبِّق المرأةَ,) with his breast by reason of his heaviness: or impotent; syn. عِيِىٌّ: or impotent (عَيِىٌّ), heavy, covering her whom he compresses, or the woman, with his breast, by reason of his littleness, or immature age: accord. to As, stupid, foolish, impotent in speech or actions, dull, or heavy: accord. to IAar, whose reason is veiled, or wholly obscured, ( مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهِ, [see أَطْبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الجُنُونُ,]) by stupidity, or foolishness: or, as some say, whose affairs are veiled to him [so that he sees not how to accomplish them]: or who lacks ability to speak, his lips being closed.
3 تَحَلَّبُوا عَلَى ذٰلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ طَبَاقَآءَ means They collected themselves together against that man, all of them.
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