مَطْرُوقٌ

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مَطْرُوقٌ [pass. part. n. of طَرَقَ; Beaten, &c.]. هُوَ مَطْرُوقٌ means He is one whom every one beats or slaps (يَطْرُقُهُ كُلُّ أَحَدٍ).
2 And A man in whom is softness, or flaccidity, and weakness: or weakness and softness: or softness and flaccidity: from the saying هُوَ مَطْرُوقٌ i. e. اصابته حادثة كتفته [which, if we should read كَتَفَتْهُ, seems to mean he is smitten by an event, or accident, that has disabled him as though it bound his arms behind his back; but I think it probable that كتفته is a mistranscription]: or because he is مصروف [app. a mistake for مَضْرُوب], like as one says مَقْرُوع and مَدَوَّخ [app. meaning beaten and subdued, or rendered submissive]: or as being likened, in abjectness, to a she-camel that is termed مَطْرُوقَةٌ [like مَطَرَّقَةٌ ]. مَطْرُوقَةٌ applied to a woman means [app. Soft and feminine;] that does not make herself like a man. [See also a reading of a verse cited voce مَطْرُوفٌ.]
3 Also Weak in intellect, and soft.
4 Applied to herbage, Smitten by the rain after its having dried up.
5 See also طَرْقٌ, latter half. Applied to a ewe, مَطْرُوقَةٌ signifies Branded with the mark called طِرَاق upon the middle of her ear.

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