Arabic vocabulary
حَبَسْتُI withheld
How to say “I withheld” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
قَالَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ حَمَلْتُهَا عَلَى ظَهْرِي، وَحَبَسْتُ نَفْيًا عَلَيْهَا؟
Did I not already carry her on my back and spare her from exile?
وَحَبَسْتُ — and I withheld. The front wa- adds a second boast, and the verb under it is a completed-action 'I withheld / spared' with the 'I' subject built in. So the word means 'and I kept back', joined to the carrying claim. It leans on the object after it to name what he spared her from.
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