اتبع

اتبع

See also: أتبع‎, أبتع‎, and ابتع‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ت ب ع‎ (t-b-ʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /it.ta.ba.ʕa/

Verb

اِتَّبَعَ • (ittabaʿa) VIII, non-past يَتَّبِعُ‎‎ (yattabiʿu)

1. to follow
2. to reach
3. to seek zealously
4. to pursue

Conjugation

Conjugation of

اِتَّبَعَ

(form-VIII sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						اِتِّبَاع‎ ittibāʿ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَّبِع‎ muttabiʿ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَّبَع‎ muttabaʿ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	اِتَّبَعْتُ‎ ittabaʿtu	اِتَّبَعْتَ‎ ittabaʿta	اِتَّبَعَ ittabaʿa		اِتَّبَعْتُمَا‎ ittabaʿtumā	اِتَّبَعَا‎ ittabaʿā		اِتَّبَعْنَا‎ ittabaʿnā	اِتَّبَعْتُمْ‎ ittabaʿtum	اِتَّبَعُوا‎ ittabaʿū
	f		اِتَّبَعْتِ‎ ittabaʿti	اِتَّبَعَتْ‎ ittabaʿat			اِتَّبَعَتَا‎ ittabaʿatā			اِتَّبَعْتُنَّ‎ ittabaʿtunna	اِتَّبَعْنَ‎ ittabaʿna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَّبِعُ‎ ʾattabiʿu	تَتَّبِعُ‎ tattabiʿu	يَتَّبِعُ‎ yattabiʿu		تَتَّبِعَانِ‎ tattabiʿāni	يَتَّبِعَانِ‎ yattabiʿāni		نَتَّبِعُ‎ nattabiʿu	تَتَّبِعُونَ‎ tattabiʿūna	يَتَّبِعُونَ‎ yattabiʿūna
	f		تَتَّبِعِينَ‎ tattabiʿīna	تَتَّبِعُ‎ tattabiʿu			تَتَّبِعَانِ‎ tattabiʿāni			تَتَّبِعْنَ‎ tattabiʿna	يَتَّبِعْنَ‎ yattabiʿna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَّبِعَ‎ ʾattabiʿa	تَتَّبِعَ‎ tattabiʿa	يَتَّبِعَ‎ yattabiʿa		تَتَّبِعَا‎ tattabiʿā	يَتَّبِعَا‎ yattabiʿā		نَتَّبِعَ‎ nattabiʿa	تَتَّبِعُوا‎ tattabiʿū	يَتَّبِعُوا‎ yattabiʿū
	f		تَتَّبِعِي‎ tattabiʿī	تَتَّبِعَ‎ tattabiʿa			تَتَّبِعَا‎ tattabiʿā			تَتَّبِعْنَ‎ tattabiʿna	يَتَّبِعْنَ‎ yattabiʿna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَّبِعْ‎ ʾattabiʿ	تَتَّبِعْ‎ tattabiʿ	يَتَّبِعْ‎ yattabiʿ		تَتَّبِعَا‎ tattabiʿā	يَتَّبِعَا‎ yattabiʿā		نَتَّبِعْ‎ nattabiʿ	تَتَّبِعُوا‎ tattabiʿū	يَتَّبِعُوا‎ yattabiʿū
	f		تَتَّبِعِي‎ tattabiʿī	تَتَّبِعْ‎ tattabiʿ			تَتَّبِعَا‎ tattabiʿā			تَتَّبِعْنَ‎ tattabiʿna	يَتَّبِعْنَ‎ yattabiʿna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِتَّبِعْ ittabiʿ			اِتَّبِعَا‎ ittabiʿā				اِتَّبِعُوا‎ ittabiʿū
	f		اِتَّبِعِي‎ ittabiʿī							اِتَّبِعْنَ‎ ittabiʿna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	اُتُّبِعْتُ‎ uttubiʿtu	اُتُّبِعْتَ‎ uttubiʿta	اُتُّبِعَ uttubiʿa		اُتُّبِعْتُمَا‎ uttubiʿtumā	اُتُّبِعَا‎ uttubiʿā		اُتُّبِعْنَا‎ uttubiʿnā	اُتُّبِعْتُمْ‎ uttubiʿtum	اُتُّبِعُوا‎ uttubiʿū
	f		اُتُّبِعْتِ‎ uttubiʿti	اُتُّبِعَتْ‎ uttubiʿat			اُتُّبِعَتَا‎ uttubiʿatā			اُتُّبِعْتُنَّ‎ uttubiʿtunna	اُتُّبِعْنَ‎ uttubiʿna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُتَّبَعُ‎ ʾuttabaʿu	تُتَّبَعُ‎ tuttabaʿu	يُتَّبَعُ‎ yuttabaʿu		تُتَّبَعَانِ‎ tuttabaʿāni	يُتَّبَعَانِ‎ yuttabaʿāni		نُتَّبَعُ‎ nuttabaʿu	تُتَّبَعُونَ‎ tuttabaʿūna	يُتَّبَعُونَ‎ yuttabaʿūna
	f		تُتَّبَعِينَ‎ tuttabaʿīna	تُتَّبَعُ‎ tuttabaʿu			تُتَّبَعَانِ‎ tuttabaʿāni			تُتَّبَعْنَ‎ tuttabaʿna	يُتَّبَعْنَ‎ yuttabaʿna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُتَّبَعَ‎ ʾuttabaʿa	تُتَّبَعَ‎ tuttabaʿa	يُتَّبَعَ‎ yuttabaʿa		تُتَّبَعَا‎ tuttabaʿā	يُتَّبَعَا‎ yuttabaʿā		نُتَّبَعَ‎ nuttabaʿa	تُتَّبَعُوا‎ tuttabaʿū	يُتَّبَعُوا‎ yuttabaʿū
	f		تُتَّبَعِي‎ tuttabaʿī	تُتَّبَعَ‎ tuttabaʿa			تُتَّبَعَا‎ tuttabaʿā			تُتَّبَعْنَ‎ tuttabaʿna	يُتَّبَعْنَ‎ yuttabaʿna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُتَّبَعْ‎ ʾuttabaʿ	تُتَّبَعْ‎ tuttabaʿ	يُتَّبَعْ‎ yuttabaʿ		تُتَّبَعَا‎ tuttabaʿā	يُتَّبَعَا‎ yuttabaʿā		نُتَّبَعْ‎ nuttabaʿ	تُتَّبَعُوا‎ tuttabaʿū	يُتَّبَعُوا‎ yuttabaʿū
	f		تُتَّبَعِي‎ tuttabaʿī	تُتَّبَعْ‎ tuttabaʿ			تُتَّبَعَا‎ tuttabaʿā			تُتَّبَعْنَ‎ tuttabaʿna	يُتَّبَعْنَ‎ yuttabaʿna

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “اتبع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

اِتْبَعْ • (itbaʿ) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of تَبِعَ‎ (tabiʿa)