Arabic vocabulary
How to say “is restrained” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَإِذا تجلى بِصِفَات الْعدْل والانتقام انقمعت النَّفس الأمارة وبطلت قواها من الشَّهْوَة وَالْغَضَب
And when He manifests with attributes of justice and retribution, the commanding self is restrained, and its forces of desire and anger are nullified…
انْقَمَعَتِ — is restrained. A past-tense reflexive-shape (form VII) verb 'was subdued / cowed', with the feminine '-at' tail to agree with 'self'. The form gives the intransitive 'was put down'; its vowel shifts to '-i' to ease into the next word.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →OpenArabic teaches words like انْقَمَعَتْ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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