تبع

See also: ت ب ع

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ت ب ع (t-b-ʿ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

تَبِعَ (tabiʿa) I, non-past يَتْبَعُ‎ (yatbaʿu)

  1. to follow
Conjugation

See also

Noun

تَبَع (tabaʿ) m

  1. verbal noun of تَبِعَ (tabiʿa) (form I)
Declension

Noun

تَبَع (tabaʿ) m sg or m pl (collective, singulative تَبَع (tabaʿ) or تَبَعِيّ (tabaʿiyy), plural أَتْبَاع (ʾatbāʿ))

  1. follower(s)
Declension

Verb

تَبِعْ (tabiʿ) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of بَاعَ (bāʿa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of بَاعَ (bāʿa)

Verb

تُبَعْ (tubaʿ) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of بَاعَ (bāʿa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of بَاعَ (bāʿa)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَبَع (tabaʿ). The feminine form apparently from Arabic تَبَعِيّ (tabaʿiyy).

Pronoun

تبع (tabaʿ) (feminine تبعيت (tabʿīt))

  1. forms possessive pronouns of all persons with the respective personal suffixes
    هالتنوره تبعيتي
    Ha-t-tannūra tabʿītī.
    This skirt is mine.
  2. used appositively after a noun instead of an ordinary possessive or iḍāfa construction
    هيدي التنوره تبعيت إمي
    Haydī t-tannūra tabʿīt ʾimmī.
    This is my mother’s skirt.
    هيدا الكمبيوتر تبعنا
    Haydā l-kumpyūtar tabaʿnā.
    This is our 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.
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