Arabic vocabulary
يَمْتَنِعُis prevented
How to say “is prevented” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ويمتنع من مس المصحف
And he is prevented from touching the Quran.
وَيَمْتَنِعُ — and he is prevented. A verb that means to be held back or to abstain — here 'he is barred.' Joined by 'and,' it adds a limit to the freedom just granted: hearing is open to him, but touching is not.
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