عُقْبَى
Root: عقب
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عُقْبَى
: see عَقِبٌ, second quarter, in four places.
2 It occurs in a trad. respecting the prayer of fear; in which it is said of that prayer, كَانَتْ عُقْبَى [It was an affair of turns]; meaning that it was performed by one company after another; several companies performing it successively, by turns. (TA. [Compare عُقْبَةٌ as expl. in the third sentence of the paragraph on that word.])
3 Also i. q. مرجع [app. مَرْجِعٌ i. e. A returning, &c.].
4 And The requital, or recompence, of an affair, or action.
5 See also عُقْبَةٌ, latter half, in two places.
2 It occurs in a trad. respecting the prayer of fear; in which it is said of that prayer, كَانَتْ عُقْبَى [It was an affair of turns]; meaning that it was performed by one company after another; several companies performing it successively, by turns. (TA. [Compare عُقْبَةٌ as expl. in the third sentence of the paragraph on that word.])
3 Also i. q. مرجع [app. مَرْجِعٌ i. e. A returning, &c.].
4 And The requital, or recompence, of an affair, or action.
5 See also عُقْبَةٌ, latter half, in two places.
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