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R. Q. 1 طَبْطَبَ ذ , (Lth, K, TA,) inf. n. طَبْطَبَةٌ, (Lth, TA,) said of a valley, or water-course, (Lth, K, TA,) It flowed with water so that one heard it to make a sound like طَبْ طَبْ: (Lth, TA:) or it made a sound (K, TA) with the water. (TA.) طَبْطَبَةٌ signifies The sounding of water (IAar, S, K, TA) when in a state of commotion and collision, (IAar, TA,) and of the like, (S, TA,) and of the dashing of a torrent. (K.) And ↓ تَطَبْطَبَ It made a sound, or noise, [like طَبْ طَبْ,] said of water and the like, (S,) and of a woman's breast: (TA:) a poet says, “ إِِذَا 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]. (S, TA.) -A2- طَبْطَبَ المَآءَ He put the water into a state of commotion. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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