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عِقاب
punishment /ʕiˈqaːb/
nounB1#2392 most common
Also: retribution, penalty, chastisement
Example sentences
عِقاب الكذب صعب.
The punishment for lying is hard.
نال اللص عِقابه العادل.
The thief received his just punishment.
يخاف الطلاب من عِقاب المعلم.
The students fear the teacher's punishment.
كان العِقاب قاسياً جداً على جريمة صغيرة.
The punishment was too harsh for a small offense.
تنص القوانين على عِقاب صارم لمرتكبي هذه الجرائم.
The laws set out strict punishment for those who commit these crimes.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ.
Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty, but He is also forgiving and merciful.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِقابٌ | عِقاباتٌ |
| Genitive | عِقابٍ | عِقاباتٍ |
| Accusative | عِقاباً | عِقاباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا عِقابُ | يا عِقاباتُ |
Word family
عاقَبَto punish
عُقوبةpunishment, penalty (the everyday word for it)
عاقِبةconsequence, end result
مُعاقَبةthe act of punishing
تَعاقُبsuccession, alternation
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ع ق ب (ʿ-q-b), whose core sense is 'to follow' or 'to come after.' From this same root Arabic gets عَقِب (heel, that which comes at the back) and عاقبة (consequence, what follows an action). عِقاب narrows this to the consequence a wrongdoer faces: a penalty that follows a crime.
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