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طَبْطَبَ

Root: طب

Form: R. Q. 1

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طَبْطَبَ
R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun طَبْطَبَةٌ, said of a valley, or water-course, It flowed with water so that one heard it to make a sound like طَبْ طَبْ: or it made a sound with the water. طَبْطَبَةٌ signifies The sounding of water when in a state of commotion and collision, and of the like, and of the dashing of a torrent. And تَطَبْطَبَ It made a sound, or noise, [like طَبْ طَبْ,] said of water and the like, and of a woman's breast: a poet says, إِذَا طَحَنَتْ دُرْنِيَّةٌ لِعِيَالِهَا تَطَبْطَبَ ثَدْيَاهَا فَطَارَ طَحِينُهَا [When a woman of Durnà grinds for her family, her breasts make a sound by their collision, and her flour flies away].

def.2 طَبْطَبَ المَآءَ He put the water into a state of commotion.
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