عَاقِبٌ
Root: عقب
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عَاقِبٌ
[act. part. n. of عَقَبَ;] Coming after [&c.]. عَاقِبُ شَىْءٍ means Any person [or thing] that comes after, or succeeds, or comes in the place of, a thing. العَاقِبُ is an appellation applied to the Prophet by himself because he came after other prophets, meaning The last of the prophets, And عَاقِبٌ لِٱمْرَأَةٍ means One who is the last of the husbands of a woman.
2 [Hence,] عَاقِبَةٌ مِنْ طَيْرٍ Birds succeeding one another, this alighting and flying, and then another alighting in the place where the former alighted. And إِبِلٌ عَاقِبَةٌ Camels that betake themselves to plentiful pasture where they feed freely, after eating of the [kind of plants called] حَمْض: [or] they are not so called unless they be camels that, in a severe year, eat of trees, and then of the حمض; not when they pasture upon fresh, juicy, or tender, herbage. And إِبِلٌ عَوَاقِبُ Camels that drink water, and then return to the place where they lie down by the water, and then go to the water again.
3 And عَاقِبٌ signifies also A successor of another in goodness, or beneficence; and so عَقُوبٌ .
4 And A chief, or lord: or one who is below the chief or lord: or the successor of the chief or lord.
5 See also عَقِبٌ, in two places.
2 [Hence,] عَاقِبَةٌ مِنْ طَيْرٍ Birds succeeding one another, this alighting and flying, and then another alighting in the place where the former alighted. And إِبِلٌ عَاقِبَةٌ Camels that betake themselves to plentiful pasture where they feed freely, after eating of the [kind of plants called] حَمْض: [or] they are not so called unless they be camels that, in a severe year, eat of trees, and then of the حمض; not when they pasture upon fresh, juicy, or tender, herbage. And إِبِلٌ عَوَاقِبُ Camels that drink water, and then return to the place where they lie down by the water, and then go to the water again.
3 And عَاقِبٌ signifies also A successor of another in goodness, or beneficence; and so عَقُوبٌ .
4 And A chief, or lord: or one who is below the chief or lord: or the successor of the chief or lord.
5 See also عَقِبٌ, in two places.
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