Arabic vocabulary
اِمْتَنَعَabstain in Arabic
اِمْتَنَعَ is how you say “abstain” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَالآدَمِيُّ يَمْتَنِعُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ بِقَهْرِ عَقْلِهِ لِطَبْعِهِ
And the human refrains from that by subduing his nature with reason.
يَمْتَنِعُ — he refrains. Present-tense verb with 'he' built in; the prefixed shape marks a 'hold oneself back' pattern, where the action turns back on the doer.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →
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