Arabic

Verb

تَابَعَ • ‎(tābaʿa) III, non-past يُتَابِعُ‎ (yutābiʿu)

1. to continue, carry on
2. to pursue, follow
3. to observe, examine
4. to search for, seek

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of تَبِعَ ‎(tabiʿa, “to follow”), from the root ت ب ع ‎(t-b-ʿ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

تَابِع • ‎(tābiʿ) ‎(masculine plural تَبَعَة ‎(tabaʿa) or تُبَّاع ‎(tubbāʿ))

1. following, succeeding, subsequent
2. subsidiary, dependent
3. minor, secondary
4. subordinate, under

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “تابع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Noun

تَابِع • ‎(tābiʿ) m ‎(plural أَتْبَاع ‎(ʾatbāʿ))

1. follower, adherent, partisan
2. subject, citizen, national
3. servant
4. factotum

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “تابع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Noun

تَابِع • ‎(tābiʿ) m ‎(plural تَوَابِع ‎(tawābiʿ))

1. (grammar) appositive
2. (mathematics) function
3. appendix, addendum, supplement

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “تابع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic تَابِع ‎(tābiʿ).

Noun

تابع • ‎(tâbe')

1. (mathematics) function