تطوى

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط و ي (ṭ-w-y).

Verb

تَطَوَّى (taṭawwā) V, non-past يَتَطَوَّى‎ (yataṭawwā)

  1. to be folded, to be rolled up, to be coiled
    • 2017 October 14, “سار قطار الناقل الدولي”, in Al-Jazīra, archived from the original on 2017-10-30:
      في تحدي للرمال والهضاب والأودية استطاعت الطرق البرية محاذاتها وتلافيها والانحناء قربها يعجز القطار أن يتطوى حولها وهنا مكمن التحدي لقطار يسير في استقامة وارتفاع ثابت.
      In pitching against sand and hills and valleys the land paths can be aligned to and avoided and turned away from closely and the train cannot roll around them and here can be the challenge for the train, it being supposed to go on in a stable fashion and rise steadily.

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