Arabic vocabulary
اِمْتَنَعَabstain
How to say “abstain” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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.
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