عَقْب
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Highlights
Present tense
يُعَاقِبُ
Verbal nouns
عِقَاب، مُعَاقَبَة
Active participle
مُعَاقِب
Passive participle
مُعَاقَب
Most common words from the same root
عَاقَبَ in English
Verb · Form III
- to punish transitive
عُوقِبْتُ فِي ذَنْبِيI was punished for my crime.
- to do a thing alternately with (someone)
- to alternate, make an interchange (بَيْنَ (bayna) between two things)
- to come or use alternately, relieve (e.g. a guard)
- to follow at one's heels
- to move the legs alternately
- be alternately used or employed
- to carry off (booty or gain)
Words from the root ع-ق-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
عَقَبَ
· present يَعْقُبُ
Form I · The plain action
to follow, to succeed, to come after
عَقَّبَ
· present يُعَقِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to follow, to succeed; to ensue, to pursue, to trail, to tail; to return to; to comment, to revise
تَعْقِيب
a going or coming after
مُعَقِّب
مُعَقَّب
عَاقَبَ
· present يُعَاقِبُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to punish; to do a thing alternately with (someone); to alternate, make an interchange (بَيْنَ (bayna) between two things)
عِقَاب
punishment
مُعَاقَبَة
punishing
مُعَاقِب
punishing
عَقِيب
مُعَاقَب
punished
a punishment
تَعَقَّبَ
· present يَتَعَقَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to trace, to track down, to trail (with either the emphasis on the search or the successful finding); to look towards the consequence of, to consider a second time; to doubt; to repent [with مِن (min)]
تَعَقُّب
following up
مُتَعَقِّب
pursuing
مُتَعَقِّب
chaser
مُتَعَقَّب
تَعَاقَبَ
· present يَتَعَاقَبُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to alternate, to rotate, to follow successively, to pass
تَعَاقُب
following in succession
مُتَعَاقِب
successive
مُتَعَاقَب
عُقَاب
eagle
عَقِب
heel
عُقْبَة
that remains as a last in a row of succession
عِقَابِيّ
punitive
عُقْب
end
عَاقَبَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | عَاقَبْتُ | أُعَاقِبُ | أُعَاقِبَ | أُعَاقِبْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | عَاقَبْتَ | تُعَاقِبُ | تُعَاقِبَ | تُعَاقِبْ | عَاقِبْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | عَاقَبْتِ | تُعَاقِبِينَ | تُعَاقِبِي | تُعَاقِبِي | عَاقِبِي |
| هُوَ he | عَاقَبَ | يُعَاقِبُ | يُعَاقِبَ | يُعَاقِبْ | — |
| هِيَ she | عَاقَبَتْ | تُعَاقِبُ | تُعَاقِبَ | تُعَاقِبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | عَاقَبْتُمَا | تُعَاقِبَانِ | تُعَاقِبَا | تُعَاقِبَا | عَاقِبَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | عَاقَبَا | يُعَاقِبَانِ | يُعَاقِبَا | يُعَاقِبَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | عَاقَبَتَا | تُعَاقِبَانِ | تُعَاقِبَا | تُعَاقِبَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | عَاقَبْنَا | نُعَاقِبُ | نُعَاقِبَ | نُعَاقِبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | عَاقَبْتُمْ | تُعَاقِبُونَ | تُعَاقِبُوا | تُعَاقِبُوا | عَاقِبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | عَاقَبْتُنَّ | تُعَاقِبْنَ | تُعَاقِبْنَ | تُعَاقِبْنَ | عَاقِبْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | عَاقَبُوا | يُعَاقِبُونَ | يُعَاقِبُوا | يُعَاقِبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | عَاقَبْنَ | يُعَاقِبْنَ | يُعَاقِبْنَ | يُعَاقِبْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | عِقَاب، مُعَاقَبَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُعَاقِب، عَقِيب |
| Passive participle | مُعَاقَب |
عَاقَبَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to punish
عُوقِبْتُ فِي ذَنْبِيI was punished for my crime.
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