عاقبت

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Arabic

Verb

عاقبت (form III)

  1. عَاقَبْتُ (ʕāqabtu) /ʕaː.qab.tu/: first-person singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
  2. عَاقَبْتَ (ʕāqabta) /ʕaː.qab.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
  3. عَاقَبْتِ (ʕāqabti) /ʕaː.qab.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
  4. عَاقَبَتْ (ʕāqabat) /ʕaː.qa.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَاقِبَة (ʕāqiba).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? āqiḇat
Dari reading? āqibat
Iranian reading? âğebat
Tajik reading? oqibat

Noun

عاقِبَت ('âqebat) (plural عَواقِب ('avâqeb))

  1. consequence, conclusion, ramification

Adverb

عاقِبَت ('âqebat)

  1. finally; in the end
    Synonyms: سرانجام (sarânjâm), بالاخره (belaxare)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 8”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
      صبر کن حافظ به سختی روز و شب
      عاقبت روزی بیابی کام را
      sabr kun hâfiz ki saxtî rôz u šab
      âqibat rôzê biyâbî kâm râ
      Hafez, be patient in hardship day and night,
      So that one day, you might at last attain your wish.
      (romanization in Classical Persian)