طَقْ

Root: طق

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طَقْ a word imitative of a sound; and sometimes they said طَقْطَقَةٌ : or the former is a word imitative of The sound of stones; and ↓ the latter is its noun: one says, سَمِعْتُ الحِجَارَةِ I heard [the sound of] the falling of the stones, one upon another, when they rolled down from a mountain: or طَقْ is a word imitative of the sound of the stone and of the solid hoof; and طَقْطَقَةٌ signifies the action thereof: or this latter is a word imitative of the sound of the successive falling of stones, one upon another: or this word signifies the sound of the legs of horses upon the hard ground; [or] sometimes it signifies also the sound of the solid hoofs upon the ground; or the sounds of the hoofs of horses or similar beasts [with quick reiteration]; like دَقْدَقَةٌ; and sometimes they said حَبَطِقْطِقْ , of which El-Mázinee cites an ex.; but [J says] I have not seen this except in his book: another ex. of it, however, is cited by Lth.

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