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مُطْبَقٌ ذ [pass. part. n. of 4, Covered; &c.]. ― -b2- الحُرُوفُ المُطْبَقَةُ are The letters ص, ض, ط, and ظ: (S, O, K:) 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. (O, TA.) ― -b3- And مُطْبَقٌ is used by the vulgar for مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهِ, [which is for مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهِ الجُنُونُ,] meaning (assumed tropical:) 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 (assumed tropical:) an insane female whose reason insanity has veiled, or wholly obscured]. (Mgh, O.) ― -b4- مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهِ signifies also Affected with a swooning, or a fit of insensibility. (TA.) ― -b5- بَيْتٌ مُطْبَقٌ means (assumed tropical:) A verse of which the former hemistich ends in the middle of a word. (Z, TA.) ― -b6- See also the next paragraph. ― -b7- And see طِبْقٌ.

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