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عاقَب
to punish /ʕaːˈqaba/
verbB2#4208 most common
Also: to penalize, to discipline
Example sentences
المعلم عاقب الطالب.
The teacher punished the student.
عاقبت الشرطة السائق على السرعة الزائدة.
The police punished the driver for excessive speeding.
سيعاقب القانون كل من يخالف القواعد.
The law will punish anyone who breaks the rules.
عاقبته أمه لأنه كذب عليها.
His mother punished him because he lied to her.
لا ينبغي أن نعاقب الأبرياء بسبب أخطاء غيرهم.
We should not punish the innocent for other people's mistakes.
عوقب الموظف بخصم جزء من راتبه بعد أن ثبت تقصيره في العمل.
The employee was punished by having part of his salary docked after his negligence at work was proven.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُعَاقِبُ | عَاقَبْتُ | سَأُعَاقِبُ |
| 2sg | تُعَاقِبُ | عَاقَبْتَ | سَتُعَاقِبُ |
| 3sg | يُعَاقِبُ | عَاقَبَ | سَيُعَاقِبُ |
| 1pl | نُعَاقِبُ | عَاقَبْنَا | سَنُعَاقِبُ |
| 2pl | تُعَاقِبُونَ | عَاقَبْتُمْ | سَتُعَاقِبُونَ |
| 3pl | يُعَاقِبُونَ | عَاقَبُوا | سَيُعَاقِبُونَ |
Word family
عِقابpunishment
عاقِبةconsequence, outcome
مُعاقَبةthe act of punishing
عُقوبةpenalty, sanction
تعاقَبto follow one another, alternate
Etymology
عاقَب comes from the Semitic triliteral root ع-ق-ب (ʿ-q-b), whose core sense is the heel and what comes after, that is, following, succession, and consequence. The Form III pattern فاعَلَ turns the root into an action directed at another person, so عاقَب means to bring the consequence of a deed down on someone, in practice to punish them. The same root gives Arabic words for outcome, penalty, and coming after.
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