عقوبة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ق ب (ʕ-q-b); compare عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba, to punish).

Noun

عُقُوبَة (ʕuqūba) f (plural عُقُوبَات (ʕuqūbāt))

  1. a punishment
  2. a penalty

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), عقوبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عقوبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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