طأطأ

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ط ء ط ء (ṭ-ʔ-ṭ-ʔ)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

طَأْطَأَ (ṭaʔṭaʔa) Iq, non-past يُطَأْطِئُ‎ (yuṭaʔṭiʔu)

  1. to bend, to bow
    • 1962, Ghassan Kanafani, رجال في الشمس [Men in the Sun]:
      وَضَعَ أَسْعَدُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى خَاصِرَتَيْهِ وَوَقَفَ إِلَى جَانِبِ ٱلْفُوهَةِ مُطَأْطِئًا رَأْسَهُ وَكَأَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَرَى مَاذَا يُوجَدُ فِي ٱلدَّاخِلِ
      waḍaʕa ʔasʕadu kaffayhi ʕalā ḵāṣiratayhi wawaqafa ʔilā jānibi l-fūhati muṭaʔṭiʔan raʔsahu wakaʔannahu yurīdu ʔan yarā māḏā yūjadu fī d-dāḵili
      Assad put his hands on his hips and stood beside the opening of the tank, bowing his head, as though he wanted to see what was inside.
  2. to lower your head quickly to avoid being seen

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