# تبع
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.bi.ʕa/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

تَبِعَ • (tabiʕa) I (non-past يَتْبَعُ (yatbaʕu), verbal noun تَبَع (tabaʕ) or تَبَاعَة (tabāʕa))
* to follow

##### Conjugation
#### See also

* Form III: تَابِع (tābiʕ)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

تَبَع • (tabaʕ) m
* verbal noun of تَبِعَ (tabiʕa) (form I)

##### Declension
#### Noun

تَبَع • (tabaʕ) m (collective, singulative تَبَع m (tabaʕ) or تَبَعِيّ m (tabaʕiyy), plural أَتْبَاع (ʔatbāʕ))
* follower(s)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Uncertain. Lane claims that it is from the root ت ب ع (t b ʕ), in reference to how when one king died, his successor would follow his policies. The unusual plural pattern suggests a borrowing from Old South Arabian, but the cognate root in those languages likely has the same meaning of "follow", and is only attested in theophoric names.

#### Noun

تُبَّع • (tubbaʕ) m (plural تَبَابِعَة (tabābiʕa))
* a king in ancient Yemen; the ruler of Himyar and Hadramawt

##### Declension
### Etymology 4
#### Verb

تبع (form I)
* تَبِعْ (tabiʕ) /ta.biʕ/: inflection of بَاعَ (bāʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُبَعْ (tubaʕ) /tu.baʕ/: inflection of بَاعَ (bāʕa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

### References

* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “تبع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 293a–b
* van Putten, Marijn (2020), "Classical and Modern Standard Arabic", in Arabic and Contact-induced Change (eds. Manfredi and Lucas)

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

Grammaticalized from Arabic تَبَع (tabaʕ). The feminine form is from Arabic تَبَعِيّ (tabaʕiyy).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.baʕ/

### Preposition

تبع • (tabaʿ) m or f or pl (feminine تبعيت (tabʿīt; (rare) tabʿiyyit) or تبعت (tabʿit), plural تَبعُول (tabʿūl), feminine plural (less common) تبعولات (tabʿūlāt))
* forms possessive pronouns of all persons with the respective personal suffixes
    هيدي تبعيتي ― haydi tabʿīti. ― This one is mine.
* of; used appositively after a noun instead of an ordinary possessive iḍāfa construction
    هيدي التنورة تبعيت إمي ― haydi t-tannūra tabʿīt ʾimmi ― This is my mother’s skirt.
    بَدِّي إستعمل الكمبيوتر تبعكنbaddi ʾistaʿmil l-kumpyūtar tabaʿkunI need to use your computer.

#### Usage notes

* The latter construction is particularly common with foreign nouns, as in the example, or with proper nouns. The reason is that adding personal suffixes to these, though perfectly possible, may sound awkward.
* Some speakers do not inflect the word for gender or number.

#### Synonyms

* تَبْعُول (tabʕūl)
* تَاع (tāʕ)
* تَعُول (taʕūl)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

Grammaticalized from Arabic تَبَع (tabaʕ).

#### Alternative forms

* تاع (tāʕ)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.baʕ/, [ˈta.baʕ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Preposition

تبع • (tabaʕ) m (feminine تبعة (tabʕa), plural تبعون (tabʕūn))
* forms possessive pronouns of all persons with the respective personal suffixes
    هادي تبعتي. ― hādi tabaʕti ― This one is mine.
* of; used appositively after a noun instead of an ordinary possessive iḍāfa construction
    هادي التنّورة تبعة إمّي. ― hādi t-tannūra tabaʕt ʔimmi ― This is my mother’s skirt.
    بدَي أستعمل الكمبيوتر تبعكم.biddi ʔastaʕmel l-kambyūtar tabaʕkomI need to use your computer.

##### Usage notes

* The latter construction is particularly common with foreign nouns, as in the example, or with proper nouns. The reason is that adding personal suffixes to these, though perfectly possible, may sound awkward.
* Some speakers do not inflect the word for gender or number.

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Arabic تَبِعَ (tabiʕa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.baʕ/, [ˈta.baʕ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

تبع • (tabaʕ) I (present بتبع (bitbaʕ), active participle تابع (tābeʕ))
* (formal) to follow
    Synonym: لاحق (lāḥaʔ)
* (by extension) to depend on, to be a matter of
    هادا تابع لذوق الواحد. ― hāda tābeʕ la-zōʔ il-wāḥad ― It's a matter of individual taste.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tab.baʕ/, [ˈtab.baʕ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Verb

تبّع • (tabbaʕ) II (present بتبّع (bitabbeʕ))
* to keep track
* to follow up (+ مع)