Arabic vocabulary
مَنْعُpreventing
How to say “preventing” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَلَمَّا حَلَّ الْهَدْمُ بِوُدِّ سَارَةَ مَنْعُ الْوِلْدَيْنِ يَجُوزُ،
When destruction befell Sarah's household, preventing the two sons was permissible.
مَنْعٌ — preventing. An action-noun 'preventing / withholding', the subject of the main clause whose verdict 'is permissible' comes at the end. It carries the -un subject ending (audible tanween) and heads an 'of' link with 'the two sons' next: 'preventing the two sons'.
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