to follow, go after smb.
→
to recompense
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1810 | to follow, go after smb. | → | to prosecute at law | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | أَعْقَبَ ˀaˁqaba (IV-stem) | |
| meaning 1 | to follow, come after | ˀaˁqaba-hu He came after him. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to recompense, to repent; to requite | fa-ˀaˁqaba-hum nifāq-an (Quran ix 78) He caused hypocrisy to follow as a consequence to them (i.e. He caused them to err, because of their evil deed, as a punishment to them) |
| reference | Lane: 2099-2100 | |
| comment | For meaning B both negative and positive connotations. | |
The idea is to make sth. to follow smb. as a consequence, for his deeds.