Arabic vocabulary
مَنْعٌprevention in Arabic
مَنْعٌ is how you say “prevention” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root م ن ع (m-n-ʿ)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of مَنَعَ, form I)Pronounced manʿ
Meaning of prevention in Arabic
- prevention, hindrance, restraint — stopping someone or something from acting or happening; also holding back, withholding, forbidding
- denial, refusal (of a gift or request) — explicitly given as the opposite of إِعْطَآءٌ (giving)
- protection, defense, guarding — of a place or person against encroachment or attack; a secondary use of the verb مَنَعَهُ
منع is the standard classical term for prevention or denial, explicitly paired as the opposite of إِعْطَآءٌ ('giving'). It underlies a wide family of forms covering refusal, mutual obstruction (تَمَانَعَا), voluntary abstention (اِمْتَنَعَ), and defensive strength (مَنَعَةٌ, مَنِيعٌ), making it common in both everyday and legal/theological usage.
Words from the same root
- مَانِعٌone who prevents, denies, or refuses
- مَنِيعٌunapproachable, inaccessible, fortified, strong
- مَنَعَةٌpower of resistance; might that protects one's people
- اِمْتَنَعَto refrain, hold back, refuse (form VIII)
- مُمْتَنِعٌresisting, unyielding, incompliant
- مَنَّاعٌone who habitually denies or refuses to give
- مَانَعَهُto dispute with him, or try to keep him from something (form III)
- تَمَنَّعَto abstain, hold oneself back, or fortify oneself (form V)
Common questions
- How do you say "prevention" in Arabic?
- مَنْعٌ (manʿ).
- What does the root م ن ع mean in Arabic?
- It centers on preventing, hindering, or refusing — منع itself is defined as the opposite of إعطاء ('giving'), and the root also produces words for protection (منيع) and resistance (منعة).
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
وَمنع إِجَابَة الدُّعَاء وقسوة الْقلب
And the blocking of answered prayers and hardness of the heart.
وَمَنْعُ — and prevention. wa- = 'and'; man' means 'preventing, blocking', heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
From: Returning to God →فَحَصَرَهَا فِي حَبْسِ الْمَنْعِ
So it confined them in the prison of prevention.
الْمَنْعِ — of prevention. 'al-' = 'the'; the 'of' word (genitive).
From: Intellect and Faith →وعطاءه فِي مَنعه
And His giving in His withholding.
مَنْعِهِ — His withholding. A verbal noun 'withholding / denial' with '-hi' (His) attached, genitive after 'in'. His giving present even within His denial.
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