# عقب
## Arabic

* Root
* ع ق ب (ʕ q b)
* 15 terms

### Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕa.qib/, /ʕaqb/

#### Noun

عَقِب or عَقْب • (ʕaqib or ʕaqb) f or m (plural أَعْقَاب (ʔaʕqāb))
* (feminine) heel
* (masculine) end
* (masculine) grandson
* (masculine) offspring, progeny

##### Derived terms

* اِرْتَدَّ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (irtadda ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, “to turn on one's heel”, idiom)
* اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (inqalaba ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, “to turn on one's heel”, idiom)
* رَأْسًا عَلَى عَقِبٍ (raʔsan ʕalā ʕaqibin)
* عَادَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (ʕāda ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, “to turn on one's heel”, idiom)
* نَكَصَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (nakaṣa ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, “to turn on one's heel”, idiom)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕa.qi.ba/

#### Preposition

عَقِبَ • (ʕaqiba)
* subsequent to, following

##### Inflection

Inflected forms :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | عَقِبَ (ʕaqiba) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Singular | Singular | Dual | Plural | Plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine |
| First person | عَقِبِي (ʕaqibī) | عَقِبِي (ʕaqibī) | عَقِبَنَا (ʕaqibanā) | عَقِبَنَا (ʕaqibanā) | عَقِبَنَا (ʕaqibanā) |
| Second person | عَقِبَكَ (ʕaqibaka) | عَقِبَكِ (ʕaqibaki) | عَقِبَكُمَا (ʕaqibakumā) | عَقِبَكُمْ (ʕaqibakum) | عَقِبَكُنَّ (ʕaqibakunna) |
| Third person | عَقِبَهُ (ʕaqibahu) | عَقِبَهَا (ʕaqibahā) | عَقِبَهُمَا (ʕaqibahumā) | عَقِبَهُمْ (ʕaqibahum) | عَقِبَهُنَّ (ʕaqibahunna) |

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕa.qa.ba/

#### Verb

عَقَبَ • (ʕaqaba) I (non-past يَعْقُبُ (yaʕqubu), verbal noun عَقْب (ʕaqb) or عُقُوب (ʕuqūb))
* to follow, to succeed, to come after

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕaq.qa.ba/

#### Verb

عَقَّبَ • (ʕaqqaba) II (non-past يُعَقِّبُ (yuʕaqqibu), verbal noun تَعْقِيب (taʕqīb))
* to follow, to succeed; to ensue, to pursue, to trail, to tail; to return to
* to comment, to revise [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕuqb/, /ʕu.qub/

#### Noun

عُقْب or عُقُب • (ʕuqb or ʕuqub) m
* end, latter part, consequence, result, issue, butt, that wherewith one is left
    Synonyms: عُقْبَة (ʕuqba), عُقْبَى (ʕuqbā), عَاقِبَة (ʕāqiba), عِقْبَان (ʕiqbān), عُقْبَان (ʕuqbān)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:44:هُنَالِكَ ٱلْوَلَايَةُ لِلّٰهِ ٱلْحَقِّ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًاhunālika l-walāyatu lillāhi l-ḥaqqi huwa ḵayrun ṯawāban waḵayrun ʕuqbanAt this time, support comes ˹only˺ from Allah—the True ˹Lord˺. He is best in reward and best in outcome.

##### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَقِب (ʕaqib, “heel”).

### Noun

عقب • (ʿakab)
* heel, the rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg
    Synonyms: اوكچه (ökçe), طوپوق (topuk)

#### Derived terms

* عظم عقب (ʿazm-ı ʿakab, “heelbone”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: akab

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “akab”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 163
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عقب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 853
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عقب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3293
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عقب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1309

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَقْب (ʕaqb).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ˈaqβ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔæ.ʁǽb̥]

### Noun

عقب • (aqab)
* heel
* back part
    Synonym: پشت (pošt)
    Antonym: جلو (jolow)

### Preposition

عقب • (aqab-e)
* behind
    Synonym: پشت (pošt-e)
    Antonym: جلو (jolow-e)