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طَبَّق
to apply /tˤabˈbaq/
verbB1#2293 most common
Also: to implement, to put into practice, to close/shut (something onto something)
Example sentences
طَبَّقَ القاعِدَة.
He applied the rule.
هَل طَبَّقْتَ النَّصيحَة؟
Did you apply the advice?
طَبَّقَتِ الشَّرِكَة نِظاماً جَديداً.
The company implemented a new system.
يَجِبُ أَن نُطَبِّقَ القانونَ عَلى الجَميعِ بِالتَّساوي.
We must apply the law to everyone equally.
لَم يُطَبِّقِ الفَريقُ الخُطَّةَ كَما اتَّفَقنا في الاجتِماعِ.
The team did not apply the plan as we agreed in the meeting.
لَو طَبَّقْنا هٰذِهِ المَعاييرَ بِدِقَّةٍ، لَتَغَيَّرَت نَتائِجُ الدِّراسَةِ جَذرِيّاً.
Had we applied these standards precisely, the study's results would have changed radically.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُطَبِّق | طَبَّقْتُ | سَأُطَبِّق |
| 2sg | تُطَبِّق | طَبَّقْتَ | سَتُطَبِّق |
| 3sg | يُطَبِّق | طَبَّقَ | سَيُطَبِّق |
| 1pl | نُطَبِّق | طَبَّقْنا | سَنُطَبِّق |
| 2pl | تُطَبِّقونَ | طَبَّقْتُم | سَتُطَبِّقونَ |
| 3pl | يُطَبِّقونَ | طَبَّقوا | سَيُطَبِّقونَ |
Word family
تَطبيقapplication; phone app
مُطَبِّقone who applies, implementer
مُطابَقَةmatching, conformity
طابَقَto match, correspond
طَبَقَةlayer, social classEtymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ط-ب-ق (ṭ-b-q), which carries the idea of covering, layering, and matching one thing onto another. In Form II (فَعَّل), the base sense of making things congruent shifts toward putting a rule or method into effect, that is, applying it. The related noun تَطبيق (application) and, in modern usage, the word for a phone app grow from the same root.
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