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تَبِعَ

to follow

VerbForm IRoot ت-ب-ع

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Highlights

Present tense
يَتْبَعُ
Verbal nouns
تَبَع، تَبَاعَة
Active participle
تَابِع
Passive participle
مَتْبُوع

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form III
تَابَعَ
to continue
Noun
تَابِع
follower
Verb · Form V
تَتَبَّعَ
to pursue
Noun
مُتَابَعَة
Verb · Form VIII
اِتَّبَعَ
to follow
Verb · Form IV
أَتْبَعَ
to add

تَبِعَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to follow, to succeed, to come after in a sequence
    الصَّيْفُ يَتْبَعُ الرَّبِيعَ.Summer follows spring.
    قَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًىA kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:263
  2. to follow physically, to pursue, to move behind in the same path
  3. to follow, to adhere to, abide by, or obey; to comply with
    فَمَنْ تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَWhosoever follows My guidance, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:38

Words from the root ت-ب-ع

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

تَبِعَ · present يَتْبَعُ
Form I · The plain action

to follow, to succeed, to come after in a sequence; to follow physically, to pursue, to move behind in the same path; to follow, to adhere to, abide by, or obey; to comply with

تَبَع
Verbal noun
تَبَاعَة
Verbal noun
تَابِع
Active participle
follower
تَابِع
Active participle · Adjective
following
تَابِع
Active participle
a word that agrees with another word in grammatical case
مَتْبُوع
Passive participle · Adjective
followed
مَتْبُوع
Passive participle
sovereign
تَابَعَ · present يُتَابِعُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to continue, carry on; to pursue, follow; to observe, examine

مُتَابَعَة
Verbal noun
تِبَاع
Verbal noun
مُتَابِع
Active participle
مُتَابَع
Passive participle
أَتْبَعَ · present يُتْبِعُ
Form IV · Causative

to add, annex, append, subjoin, subordinate, join or attach to, to supplement or follow up with, to cause to be followed by, to send after

إِتْبَاع
Verbal noun
مُتْبِع
Active participle
مُتْبَع
Passive participle
تَتَبَّعَ · present يَتَتَبَّعُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to pursue, investigate, examine; to track, follow (a matter, a topic)

تَتَبُّع
Verbal noun
مُتَتَبِّع
Active participle
مُتَتَبَّع
Passive participle
اِتَّبَعَ · present يَتَّبِعُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to follow; to reach; to seek zealously

اِتِّبَاع
Verbal noun
مُتَّبِع
Active participle
مُتَّبَع
Passive participle
اِسْتَتْبَعَ · present يَسْتَتْبِعُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to result in; to ask or make follow

اِسْتِتْبَاع
Verbal noun
مُسْتَتْبِع
Active participle
مُسْتَتْبَع
Passive participle
تُبَّع
Noun · m.
a king in ancient Yemen
تَبَعِيَّة
Noun · f.
subordination

تَبِعَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iتَبِعْتُأَتْبَعُأَتْبَعَأَتْبَعْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)تَبِعْتَتَتْبَعُتَتْبَعَتَتْبَعْاِتْبَعْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)تَبِعْتِتَتْبَعِينَتَتْبَعِيتَتْبَعِياِتْبَعِي
هُوَ heتَبِعَيَتْبَعُيَتْبَعَيَتْبَعْ—
هِيَ sheتَبِعَتْتَتْبَعُتَتْبَعَتَتْبَعْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoتَبِعْتُمَاتَتْبَعَانِتَتْبَعَاتَتْبَعَااِتْبَعَا
هُمَا they two (m.)تَبِعَايَتْبَعَانِيَتْبَعَايَتْبَعَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)تَبِعَتَاتَتْبَعَانِتَتْبَعَاتَتْبَعَا—
نَحْنُ weتَبِعْنَانَتْبَعُنَتْبَعَنَتْبَعْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)تَبِعْتُمْتَتْبَعُونَتَتْبَعُواتَتْبَعُوااِتْبَعُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)تَبِعْتُنَّتَتْبَعْنَتَتْبَعْنَتَتْبَعْنَاِتْبَعْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)تَبِعُوايَتْبَعُونَيَتْبَعُوايَتْبَعُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)تَبِعْنَيَتْبَعْنَيَتْبَعْنَيَتْبَعْنَ—
Verbal nounتَبَع، تَبَاعَة
Active participleتَابِع
Passive participleمَتْبُوع

تَبِعَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to follow

الصَّيْفُ يَتْبَعُ الرَّبِيعَ.Summer follows spring.

to follow

قَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًىA kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:263

to follow

فَمَنْ تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَWhosoever follows My guidance, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:38

From a fully vowelled text

فَتَبِعَهُ سِمْعَانُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ.And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.Mark 1:36, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَتَرَكَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَقَامَ وَتَبِعَهُ.And he left all, rose up, and followed him.Luke 5:28, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَلِلْوَقْتِ تَرَكَا الشِّبَاكَ وَتَبِعَاهُ.And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.Matthew 4:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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