Arabic vocabulary
يَمْتَنِعrefrain
How to say “refrain” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ولا يدع التجمل، ولا يمتنع من لبس جيد الثياب،
He did not forsake adornment and did not refrain from wearing fine clothes,
يَمْتَنِعُ — he refrains. This present-tense verb has its 'he' subject inside and, after the negator, denies an ongoing habit. Its plain present ending marks a general, repeated non-action.
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