عاقبهُ
Root: عقب
Form: 3
Full Definition
عاقبهُIII
: see 1, second sentence.
2 Also عاقب الرَّجُلَ, Verbal.Noun مُعَاقَبَةٌ and عِقَابٌ, He did a thing with the man alternately, each taking his turn; and so اعقبهُ . And [particularly], Verbal.Noun مُعَاقَبَةٌ, He rode in his turn after the man, each riding in his turn; as also اعقبهُ , and . And عَاقَبْتُ الرَّجُلَ فِى الرَّاحِلَةِ I rode in my turn after the man, upon the camel, he riding in his turn after me. And in like manner you say, , and They rode by turns with him, taking their turns after him.
3 And عاقب بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَيْنِ [He made an interchange, or alternation between the two things; he made the two things interchangeable, or commutable;] he brought, or did, the two things interchangeably, or alternately, i. e. one of them one time and the other of them another time. [Thus, for instance,] العَرَبُ تُعَاقِبُ بَيْنَ الفَآءِ والثَّآءِ [The Arabs make an interchange between ف and ث; make ف and ث interchangeable, or commutable; i. e. put ف in the place of ث, and ث in the place of ف]; as in جَدَفٌ and جَدَثٌ; and signifies the same.
4 And عاقب signifies also He stood upon one of his legs one time and upon the other another time; or moved his legs alternately.
5 [عاقبهُ as denoting consequence, and retaliation, or retribution, also signifies He punished him.] You say, عاقبهُ بِذَنْبِهِ, Verbal.Noun عِقَابٌ and مُعَاقَبَةٌ, He punished him for his crime, sin, fault, or offence: and [in like manner] تعقّبهُ He punished him for a crime, a sin, a fault, or an offence, that he had committed. In the saying in the Kur [xvi. last verse but one], وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمٌ بِهِ [And if ye punish, then punish ye with the like of that with which ye have been afflicted, lit. punished], the verb first denotes punishment, and is afterwards used for the purpose of assimilation: and similar to this is the saying in the same [xxii. 59], وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِ [And whoso punisheth with the like of that with which he hath been afflicted, lit. punished]. For another ex., from the Kur lx. 11, [where it implies retaliation or retribution,] see 1, latter half. [In like manner,] it is said in a trad., أَبْطَلَ النَّفْحَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْرَبَ فَيُعَاقِبَ [He made the kicking of a beast with the hind leg to be of no account unless it were beaten by its master, or rider, and retaliated by kicking another person]; meaning, he made nothing to be incumbent on the master of the beast unless the latter made the kicking to be a consequence of that [i. e. unless the beast kicked in consequence of its being beaten by the master, or rider]. [See also 4, which has a similar meaning, that of requital.]
6 عُوقِبَتْ said of a mare means She was required to perform run after run.
2 Also عاقب الرَّجُلَ, Verbal.Noun مُعَاقَبَةٌ and عِقَابٌ, He did a thing with the man alternately, each taking his turn; and so اعقبهُ . And [particularly], Verbal.Noun مُعَاقَبَةٌ, He rode in his turn after the man, each riding in his turn; as also اعقبهُ , and . And عَاقَبْتُ الرَّجُلَ فِى الرَّاحِلَةِ I rode in my turn after the man, upon the camel, he riding in his turn after me. And in like manner you say, , and They rode by turns with him, taking their turns after him.
3 And عاقب بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَيْنِ [He made an interchange, or alternation between the two things; he made the two things interchangeable, or commutable;] he brought, or did, the two things interchangeably, or alternately, i. e. one of them one time and the other of them another time. [Thus, for instance,] العَرَبُ تُعَاقِبُ بَيْنَ الفَآءِ والثَّآءِ [The Arabs make an interchange between ف and ث; make ف and ث interchangeable, or commutable; i. e. put ف in the place of ث, and ث in the place of ف]; as in جَدَفٌ and جَدَثٌ; and signifies the same.
4 And عاقب signifies also He stood upon one of his legs one time and upon the other another time; or moved his legs alternately.
5 [عاقبهُ as denoting consequence, and retaliation, or retribution, also signifies He punished him.] You say, عاقبهُ بِذَنْبِهِ, Verbal.Noun عِقَابٌ and مُعَاقَبَةٌ, He punished him for his crime, sin, fault, or offence: and [in like manner] تعقّبهُ He punished him for a crime, a sin, a fault, or an offence, that he had committed. In the saying in the Kur [xvi. last verse but one], وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمٌ بِهِ [And if ye punish, then punish ye with the like of that with which ye have been afflicted, lit. punished], the verb first denotes punishment, and is afterwards used for the purpose of assimilation: and similar to this is the saying in the same [xxii. 59], وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِ [And whoso punisheth with the like of that with which he hath been afflicted, lit. punished]. For another ex., from the Kur lx. 11, [where it implies retaliation or retribution,] see 1, latter half. [In like manner,] it is said in a trad., أَبْطَلَ النَّفْحَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْرَبَ فَيُعَاقِبَ [He made the kicking of a beast with the hind leg to be of no account unless it were beaten by its master, or rider, and retaliated by kicking another person]; meaning, he made nothing to be incumbent on the master of the beast unless the latter made the kicking to be a consequence of that [i. e. unless the beast kicked in consequence of its being beaten by the master, or rider]. [See also 4, which has a similar meaning, that of requital.]
6 عُوقِبَتْ said of a mare means She was required to perform run after run.
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