عقب

8 اـِعْتَقَبَ see 1, former half, in two places: ― -b2- and see 3, near the beginning, in two places; and 6, also in two places. ― -b3- [اعتقبهُ signifies also He took it, or had it, subsequently. Thus one of the meanings of العُقْبَةُ is expl. in the A and TA by the words مَا يَعْتَقِبُونَهُ بَعْدَ الطَّعَامِ مِنَ الحَلَاوَةِ i. e. What they have, or take, after the main portion of the meal, consisting of sweetmeat. ― -b4- And He had it, or experienced it, as a consequence of an act &c.: and that it may have ↓ مُعْتَقَبُ for an inf. n. in this sense (as well as in other senses agreeably with analogy) seems to be meant by its being said (in the Ham p. 287) that المُعْتَقَبُ signifies أَخْذُ عُقْبَةِ الشَّىْءِ i. e. اآخِرِهِ. See also a somewhat similar signification of 5.] One says, فَعَلْتُ كَذَا فَا@عْتَقَبْتُ مِنْهُ نَدَامَةً i. e. [ I did such a thing and ] I found, or experienced, in consequence thereof repentance; (S, O;) as also ↓ اِسْتَعْقَبْتُ. (A, O.) And مِنْ كَذَا خَيْرًا ↓ استعقب He found, or experienced, in consequence of such a thing, or after such a thing, good. (T, Msb.) And hence, perhaps, the saying of the lawyers, يَصِحُّ الشِّرَاآءُ عِتْقًا ↓ اـِذَا ا@سْتَعْقَبَ [as meaning The sale, or purchase, is valid when it has emancipation as an after-event ]: but this does not agree with the former phrase unless by a far-fetched interpretation; and therefore one should say, اـِذَا عَقَبَهُ العِتْقُ i. e. when emancipation follows it. (Msb.) ― -b5- اعتقب also signifies He withheld, or detained, a thing in his possession. (TA.) And [particularly] He (a seller) withheld, or detained, an article of merchandise from the purchaser until he should receive the price: (S, A, O, K:) for the doing of which he is said in a trad. to be responsible; meaning, if it perish in his keeping. (S, A, O.) And He detained, confined, or imprisoned, a man. (S, O.) ― -b6- See also 5.