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امْتِنَاع refraining in Arabic

امْتِنَاع is how you say “refraining” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وامتناعك ترك وراحة

And your refraining is simply letting go, which is relief.

وَامْتِنَاعُكَ And your refraining

An action-noun built from the 'hold yourself back' verb, with 'your' fused on, so one word says 'your refraining'. It is the topic of a verbless sentence: your abstaining [is] mere letting-go and relief.

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More example sentences

وَمَا يسْتَقْبل تصلحه بالامتناع والعزم وَالنِّيَّة

And what is to come, you correct through refraining, resolve, and intention.

بِالِامْتِنَاعِ through refraining

'Bi-' of means again, governing an action-noun built from 'hold oneself back', so 'by refraining'. The reflexive shape packs the self-restraint into the noun itself.

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