Arabic vocabulary
إِمْسَاكٌabstaining
How to say “abstaining” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
هذا هو الصوم المشروع، لا مجرد الإمساك عن الطعام والشراب
This is the prescribed fasting, not merely abstaining from food and drink.
الْإِمْسَاكِ — abstaining. A verbal noun 'holding back', the owner completing 'the mere abstaining', genitive, definite. It names the shallow, food-only fast being ruled out.
From: The Meaning of Fasting →
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