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سابِق
previous /ˈsaː.biq/
adjectiveA1#332 most common
Also: former, prior, preceding
Example sentences
هذا مديري السابق.
This is my former manager.
تكلّمنا عن هذا في الدرس السابق.
We talked about this in the previous lesson.
زوجها السابق يعيش في مدينة أخرى.
Her ex-husband lives in another city.
أشار الكاتب إلى الفصل السابق لتوضيح فكرته.
The writer referred to the previous chapter to clarify his idea.
خلافاً للسنوات السابقة، لم يحضر الوزير السابق الاجتماع.
Unlike previous years, the former minister did not attend the meeting.
تستند الدراسة إلى أبحاث سابقة وتسعى إلى تجاوز حدودها المنهجية.
The study builds on prior research and seeks to exceed its methodological limits.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سابِقٌ | سابِقونَ |
| Genitive | سابِقٍ | سابِقينَ |
| Accusative | سابِقاً | سابِقينَ |
| Vocative | يا سابِقُ | يا سابِقونَ |
Word family
سَبَقَto precede, to come before
سِباقrace, contestمُسابَقةcompetition
سابِقةprecedent
أسبَقearlier, prior
Etymology
سابِق is the active participle of the triliteral root s-b-q, which means to precede, to come before, or to outrace. The adjective therefore marks what went earlier in time or in rank. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the word has no Proto-Indo-European source.
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