اِحْبِسْ detain in Arabic
اِحْبِسْ is how you say “detain” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
اِحْبِسْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ عِنْدَ حَطْمِ الْخَيْلِ
Detain Abu Sufyan at Hatm al-Khayl.
اِحْبِسْ detain
A command-form verb, 'detain!', addressed to a single 'you' that is built into the verb's shape rather than spelled out. Arabic forms the order by stripping the verb down to its bare imperative; what to detain follows immediately as its object.
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فَإِذَا قَالَ لَكَ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْ لَهُ اِحْبِسْ عَنِّي الْمَدَّ
So if he says that to you, say to him, "Hold back the tide from me."
اِحْبِسْ hold back
A command form, 'hold back!', the instructed retort. The 'you' addressee is inside the verb; the bare imperative shape is the order, with the helping initial vowel easing pronunciation. The thing to be held back follows.
قَالَ فَاِحْبِسْ عَنِّي الْمَدَّ
He said, "Then hold the tide back from me."
فَاِحْبِسْ then hold back
The connector 'fa-' (then) on a command form, 'hold back!'. The 'fa-' supplies the 'then' that ties the order to the foregoing exchange. The imperative carries its 'you' subject inside.