Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ت ب ع (t-b-ʕ)

Derived from the active participle of the verb تَتَابَعَ (tatābaʕa).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُتَتَابِع (mutatābiʕ) (feminine مُتَتَابِعَة (mutatābiʕa), masculine plural مُتَتَابِعُونَ (mutatābiʕūna), feminine plural مُتَتَابِعَات (mutatābiʕāt))

  1. active participle of تَتَابَعَ (tatābaʕa): successive, consecutive
    Synonyms: مُتَوَالٍ (mutawālin), مُتَتَالٍ (mutatālin), مُتَلَاحِق (mutalāḥiq)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:92:
      فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ تَوْبَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ
      faman lam yajid faṣiyāmu šahrayni mutatābiʕayni tawbatan mina l-lahi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension edit