متعاقب

Arabic

Root
ع ق ب (ʕ-q-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَعَاقَبَ (taʕāqaba, “to alternate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ta.ʕaː.qib/

Adjective

مُتَعَاقِب • (mutaʕāqib) (feminine مُتَعَاقِبَة (mutaʕāqiba), masculine plural مُتَعَاقِبُونَ (mutaʕāqibūna), feminine plural مُتَعَاقِبَات (mutaʕāqibāt))

1. active participle of تَعَاقَبَ (taʕāqaba)
2. successive, subsequent, following immediately
3. alternating
4. pursuant

Declension

Declension of adjective مُتَعَاقِب (mutaʕāqib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَعَاقِب mutaʕāqib	الْمُتَعَاقِب al-mutaʕāqib	مُتَعَاقِبَة mutaʕāqiba	الْمُتَعَاقِبَة al-mutaʕāqiba
Nominative	مُتَعَاقِبٌ mutaʕāqibun	الْمُتَعَاقِبُ al-mutaʕāqibu	مُتَعَاقِبَةٌ mutaʕāqibatun	الْمُتَعَاقِبَةُ al-mutaʕāqibatu
Accusative	مُتَعَاقِبًا mutaʕāqiban	الْمُتَعَاقِبَ al-mutaʕāqiba	مُتَعَاقِبَةً mutaʕāqibatan	الْمُتَعَاقِبَةَ al-mutaʕāqibata
Genitive	مُتَعَاقِبٍ mutaʕāqibin	الْمُتَعَاقِبِ al-mutaʕāqibi	مُتَعَاقِبَةٍ mutaʕāqibatin	الْمُتَعَاقِبَةِ al-mutaʕāqibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَعَاقِبَيْن mutaʕāqibayn	الْمُتَعَاقِبَيْن al-mutaʕāqibayn	مُتَعَاقِبَتَيْن mutaʕāqibatayn	الْمُتَعَاقِبَتَيْن al-mutaʕāqibatayn
Nominative	مُتَعَاقِبَانِ mutaʕāqibāni	الْمُتَعَاقِبَانِ al-mutaʕāqibāni	مُتَعَاقِبَتَانِ mutaʕāqibatāni	الْمُتَعَاقِبَتَانِ al-mutaʕāqibatāni
Accusative	مُتَعَاقِبَيْنِ mutaʕāqibayni	الْمُتَعَاقِبَيْنِ al-mutaʕāqibayni	مُتَعَاقِبَتَيْنِ mutaʕāqibatayni	الْمُتَعَاقِبَتَيْنِ al-mutaʕāqibatayni
Genitive	مُتَعَاقِبَيْنِ mutaʕāqibayni	الْمُتَعَاقِبَيْنِ al-mutaʕāqibayni	مُتَعَاقِبَتَيْنِ mutaʕāqibatayni	الْمُتَعَاقِبَتَيْنِ al-mutaʕāqibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَعَاقِبِين mutaʕāqibīn	الْمُتَعَاقِبِين al-mutaʕāqibīn	مُتَعَاقِبَات mutaʕāqibāt	الْمُتَعَاقِبَات al-mutaʕāqibāt
Nominative	مُتَعَاقِبُونَ mutaʕāqibūna	الْمُتَعَاقِبُونَ al-mutaʕāqibūna	مُتَعَاقِبَاتٌ mutaʕāqibātun	الْمُتَعَاقِبَاتُ al-mutaʕāqibātu
Accusative	مُتَعَاقِبِينَ mutaʕāqibīna	الْمُتَعَاقِبِينَ al-mutaʕāqibīna	مُتَعَاقِبَاتٍ mutaʕāqibātin	الْمُتَعَاقِبَاتِ al-mutaʕāqibāti
Genitive	مُتَعَاقِبِينَ mutaʕāqibīna	الْمُتَعَاقِبِينَ al-mutaʕāqibīna	مُتَعَاقِبَاتٍ mutaʕāqibātin	الْمُتَعَاقِبَاتِ al-mutaʕāqibāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mütəaqib
• → Persian: متعاقب
  • → Urdu: مُتَعاقِب (muta'āqib)
• → Ottoman Turkish: متعاقب (müteakıb)
  • → Turkish: müteakip

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُتَعَاقِب (mutaʕāqib), active participle of تَعَاقَبَ (taʕāqaba).

Adjective

متعاقب • (müteakıb)

1. successive

Postposition

متعاقب • (müteakıb)

1. (with accusative) after, following, subsequent to

   Synonyms: صڭره (soñra), تعقيبا (takiben), آردنجه (ardınca)

   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[1], page 48:

     […] عسكرلكدن استعفامی متعاقب […]

     […] askerlikten istifamı müteakıb […]

     following my resignation from army...

Descendants

• Turkish: müteakip

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “متعاقب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1708
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN