تعقّب
Root: عقب
Form: 5
Full Definition
تعقّبV
He looked to the consequence, end, issue, or result: and he considered a second time.
2 تعقّب مِنْ أَمْرِهِ He repented of his affair.
3 تعقّب عَنِ الخَبَرِ He doubted of the information, or questioned it, and asked again respecting it. (S, O, K, TA. [In my copies of the S, and in the O, الخَيْرِ: but see what follows; in which مُتَعَقَّب is used as a noun of place of the verb in this sense.]) Tufeyl says,
4 [And the verb is used transitively in a similar sense.] You say, تعقّب الخَبَرَ He searched after the information repeatedly, or time after time; syn. تَتَبَّعَ: and has a like meaning. And He asked respecting the information another person than the one whom he asked the first time.
5 And تَعَقَّبْتُ الرَّجُلَ I sought to discover in the man that which he would be ashamed to expose; or the slip, or fault, that he had committed: and signifies the same. [In critical observations and the like, تعقّبهُ is often used as meaning He found fault with him; animadverted upon him; or impugned his judgment or assertion; بِقَوْلِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا by his saying so and so. And تعقّب عَلَيْهِ seems to be similarly used as meaning He animadverted upon his saying: (compare اِعْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ:) but more commonly as meaning he animadverted upon it, i. e. a saying, and the like.]
6 See also 3, near the middle of the para-
7 تعقّب الأَمْرَ He thought repeatedly upon the affair, or case. (TA in art. روأ.)
8 تعقّب رَأْيَهُ He found his opinion to have a good issue, or result.
9 See also 1, second sentence.
10 [The saying of Aboo-Thumámeh,
2 تعقّب مِنْ أَمْرِهِ He repented of his affair.
3 تعقّب عَنِ الخَبَرِ He doubted of the information, or questioned it, and asked again respecting it. (S, O, K, TA. [In my copies of the S, and in the O, الخَيْرِ: but see what follows; in which مُتَعَقَّب is used as a noun of place of the verb in this sense.]) Tufeyl says,
[And there was no place of, or ground for, doubting, and asking again, respecting what they told]. And one says, لَمْ أَجِدْ عَنْ قَوْلِكَ, i. e. [I found not] any place of, or ground for, inquiring into, or investigating, thy saying; syn. مُتَفَحَّصًا; [or questioning it; or returning to examine it;] meaning, thy saying was right and true, so that it did not require التَّعَقُّب; or I did not allow myself to doubt, and ask again, respecting it, that I might see whether I should do what thou saidst or abstain from it.وَلَمْ يَكُ عَمَّا خَبَّرُوا
4 [And the verb is used transitively in a similar sense.] You say, تعقّب الخَبَرَ He searched after the information repeatedly, or time after time; syn. تَتَبَّعَ: and has a like meaning. And He asked respecting the information another person than the one whom he asked the first time.
5 And تَعَقَّبْتُ الرَّجُلَ I sought to discover in the man that which he would be ashamed to expose; or the slip, or fault, that he had committed: and signifies the same. [In critical observations and the like, تعقّبهُ is often used as meaning He found fault with him; animadverted upon him; or impugned his judgment or assertion; بِقَوْلِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا by his saying so and so. And تعقّب عَلَيْهِ seems to be similarly used as meaning He animadverted upon his saying: (compare اِعْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ:) but more commonly as meaning he animadverted upon it, i. e. a saying, and the like.]
6 See also 3, near the middle of the para-
7 تعقّب الأَمْرَ He thought repeatedly upon the affair, or case. (TA in art. روأ.)
8 تعقّب رَأْيَهُ He found his opinion to have a good issue, or result.
9 See also 1, second sentence.
10 [The saying of Aboo-Thumámeh,
may be rendered, nearly in accordance with an explanation by Et-Tebreezee, And if a speech slip by mistake from my companion, 1 substitute another having superiority: or تعقّبت may here mean I search out: but see the Ham p. 287; where are some remarks, on this verse, that appear to me to be fanciful and far-fetched.]وَإِنْ مَنْطِقٌ زَلَّ عَنْ صَاحِبِى تَعَقَّبْتُ آخَرَ ذَا
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