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مُطْبَقٌ

Root: طبق

Full Definition

مُطْبَقٌ [pass. part. n. of 4, Covered; &c.].
2 الحُرُوفُ المُطْبَقَةُ are The letters ص, ض, ط, and ظ: the part of the tongue which is the place of their utterance being [closely] covered [in their utterance] by what is opposite to it of the palate.
3 And مُطْبَقٌ is used by the vulgar for مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهِ, [which is for مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهِ الجُنُونُ,] meaning Upon whom insanity is made to be continual: (Msb: see also طَبَاقَآءُ [where مُطْبَقٌ عَلْيَهِ is in my opinion better rendered]:) and you say مَجْنُونَةٌ مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهَا [in like manner, for مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهَا الجُنُونُ an insane female whose reason insanity has veiled, or wholly obscured].
4 مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهِ signifies also Affected with a swooning, or a fit of insensibility.
5 بَيْتٌ مُطْبَقٌ means A verse of which the former hemistich ends in the middle of a word.
6 See also the next paragraph.
7 And see طِبْقٌ.
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