عقب

See also: عفت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ق ب (ʕ-q-b). Compare Hebrew עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, heel).

Noun

عَقِب or عَقْب (ʕaqib or ʕaqb) f or m (plural أَعْقَاب (ʔaʕqāb))

  1. (feminine) heel
  2. (masculine) end
  3. (masculine) grandson
  4. (masculine) offspring, progeny

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.qi.ba/, /ʕaqb/

Declension

Derived terms

  • اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (inqalaba ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, to turn on one's heel, idiom)
  • اِرْتَدَّ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (irtadda ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, to turn on one's heel, idiom)
  • عَادَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (ʕāda ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, to turn on one's heel, idiom)
  • نَكَصَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْه (nakaṣa ʕalā ʕaqibayh, idiom)
  • رَأْسًا عَلَى عَقِبٍ (raʔsan ʕalā ʕaqibin)

Preposition

عَقِبَ (ʕaqiba)

  1. subsequent to, following

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.qi.ba/

Inflection

    Inflected forms
Base form عَقِبَ (ʕaqiba)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person عَقِبِي (ʕaqibī) عَقِبَنَا (ʕaqibanā)
Second person عَقِبَكَ (ʕaqibaka) عَقِبَكِ (ʕaqibaki) عَقِبَكُمَا (ʕaqibakumā) عَقِبَكُمْ (ʕaqibakum) عَقِبَكُنَّ (ʕaqibakunna)
Third person عَقِبَهُ (ʕaqibahu) عَقِبَهَا (ʕaqibahā) عَقِبَهُمَا (ʕaqibahumā) عَقِبَهُمْ (ʕaqibahum) عَقِبَهُنَّ (ʕaqibahunna)

Verb

عَقَبَ (ʕaqaba) I, non-past يَعْقُبُ‎ (yaʕqubu)

  1. to follow, to succeed, to come after

Conjugation

Verb

عَقَّبَ (ʕaqqaba) II, non-past يُعَقِّبُ‎ (yuʕaqqibu)

  1. to follow, to succeed; to ensue, to pursue, to trail, to tail; to return to
  2. to comment, to revise [+ عَلَى (object)]

Conjugation

Noun

عُقْب or عُقُب (ʕuqb or ʕuqub) m

  1. end, latter part, consequence, result, issue, butt, that wherewith one is left
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:44:
      هُنَالِكَ ٱلْوَلَايَةُ لِلّٰهِ ٱلْحَقِّ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا
      hunālika l-walāyatu lillāhi l-ḥaqqi huwa ḵayrun ṯawāban waḵayrun ʕuqban
      In this case is protection only from Allah, the True, He is Best for reward, and best for consequence.
      Translated by Marmaduke Pickthall

Declension

Synonyms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَقِب (ʕaqib, heel).

Noun

عقب (ʿakab)

  1. heel, the rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg
    Synonyms: اوكچه (ökçe), طوپوق (topuk)

Derived terms

  • عظم عقب (ʿazm-ı ʿakab, heelbone)

Descendants

  • Turkish: akab

Further reading

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