عقب

عُقُوبَةٌ ذ Punishment; (S, * MA, Msb, * KL;) i. q. نَكَالٌ. (MA.) ― -b2- And Detention, confinement, or imprisonment: so in the trad., لَىُّ الوَاجِدِ يُحِلُّ عُقُوبَتَهُ وَعَرْضَهُ i. e. [ The solvent man's putting off the payment of his debt with promises repeated time after time renders allowable ] the imprisoning of him and the accusing of him. (IAar, TA. [Accord. to one relation, mentioned in the TA in art. عرض, this trad. ends with وَعِرْضَهُ, there said to mean وَنَفْسَهُ.])