previous in Arabic: سابق (sābiq) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

How to use it

"Previous" translates to سَابِق (sābiq). It is used before nouns (السَابِق) or as a predicate. The feminine form is سَابِقة (sābiqa).

في الفصل السَابِق درست التاريخ.

fī al-faṣl al-sābiq darastu al-tārīkh.

In the previous semester I studied history.
الصفحة السَابِقة تحتوي على ملخص.

al-ṣafḥa al-sābiqa taḥtawī ʿalā mulakhaṣ.

The previous page contains a summary.
القرار السَابِق كان خاطئًا.

al-qarār al-sābiq kāna khāṭiʾan.

The previous decision was wrong.

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Previous Image

الصورة السابقة

^Previous Solution

الحل ال^سابق

Previous Positions

ثانياً - المناصب السابقة

Previous regulations

اللوائح التنظيمية السابقة

View previous display

عرض الشاشة السابقة

Show Previous Reports

عرض التقارير السابقة

move to the previous solution

الانتقال إلى الحل السابق

Section VII Previous contracts

العقود السابقة

Reaffirming previous Resolution,

إذ تؤكد القرارات السابقة،

Reaffirming previous Resolutions,

إذ يستذكر القرارات السابقة؛

• Results of previous interventions.

• نتائج التدخلات السابقة.

Can "sābiq" be used as a noun?

Rarely, but it can refer to a former person, e.g., "السابق" meaning "the former one".

What is the opposite?

The opposite is "التالي" (al-tālī) meaning "next".