طِبْعٌ

A river, or rivulet; (As, T, S, O, K, TA;) so called because first dug [and filled] by men; having the meaning of مَطْبُوعٌ, like قطْفٌ in the sense of مَقْطُوفٌ; not applied to any of those cleft by God, such as the Tigris and the Euphrates and the Nile and the like thereof: (Az, TA:) plural أَطْبَاعٌ [properly a plural of pauc.,] (As, S, O,) or طُبُوعٌ, as heard by Az from the Arabs, and طِبَاعٌ: (TA:) or الطِّبْعُ, as some say, is the name of a particular river: (S, O:) or it is also thus applied, i. e. to a particular river. (K.)

And i. q. مَغِيضُ مَاءٍ [i. e. A place where water sinks, or goes away, into the earth; or where water enters into the earth; and where it collects]: (O, K:) plural أَطْبَاعٌ. (O, TA.)

And The quantity sufficient for the filling of a measure for corn or the like, and of a skin, (O, K, TA, [والسِّقاءُ in the CK being a mistake for وَالسِّقَاءِ,]) such as does not admit of any addition: and the quantity that a vessel holds, of water. (TA.)

-A2- See also the next paragraph, in two places.