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عُقْب
end result; aftermath (that which follows something) /ˈʕuqb/
nounB2#3027 most common
Also: consequence, outcome, sequel
Example sentences
لكل شيء عُقْب.
Everything has an end.
عُقْبَ المباراةِ احتفل اللاعبون بالفوز.
After the match, the players celebrated the win.
عُقْبَ الأزمةِ اجتمع الوزراء لبحث الحل.
After the crisis, the ministers met to discuss a solution.
عُقْبَ خروجه من المستشفى، عاد إلى عمله مباشرة.
After he left the hospital, he went straight back to work.
جاء عُقْبَ الحربِ سلامٌ هش سرعان ما انهار.
After the war came a fragile peace that soon collapsed.
تدهورت العلاقات بين البلدين عُقْبَ توقيع الاتفاقية بأسابيع قليلة فقط.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated just a few weeks after the agreement was signed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عُقْبٌ | not commonly used in the plural (abstract noun) |
| Genitive | عُقْبٍ | not commonly used in the plural (abstract noun) |
| Accusative | عُقْبًا / عُقْبَ (construct, adverbial 'after') | not commonly used in the plural (abstract noun) |
| Vocative | not applicable (abstract noun) | not applicable (abstract noun) |
Word family
عاقبة (ʿāqiba)consequence, outcome
عَقِب (ʿaqib)heel; that which comes right after
تعقيب (taʿqīb)follow-up remark, commentary
عقّب (ʿaqqaba)to comment on, follow up on
عُقْبى (ʿuqbā)final sequel or reward
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ع-ق-ب (ʿ-q-b), which carries the core idea of following or coming after something, often at its heel. From this root Arabic built a family of words about sequence and consequence: عَقِب for the heel or the part that follows, and عُقْب for the end or result that follows an event. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE root.
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