Arabic vocabulary
إِمْسَاكholding back in Arabic
إِمْسَاك is how you say “holding back” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَقُوَّةَ الإِحْجَامِ إِمْسَاكًا عَمَّا يَضُرُّهُ
And the power of refraining is holding back from what harms him.
إِمْسَاكًا — holding back. An action-noun ('holding back') in the accusative, naming the manner/state into which the second power is put. Its accusative ending marks it as the assigned state, parallel to 'directed' earlier.
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