عَقَّبَfollows

Example sentences

• فَأَمَّا الْعَاقِلُ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْهَى نَفْسَهُ عَنْ لَذَّةٍ تُعَقِّبُ أَلَمًا

  As for the rational person, he restrains himself from pleasure that is followed by pain.

  تُعَقِّبُ — it follows. A present-tense verb running the clause that describes the pleasure; 'it' (feminine, the pleasure) is built in. The doubled middle consonant marks the 'follow closely on the heels of' verb pattern.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →