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اقْتِصَار restriction in Arabic

اقْتِصَار is how you say “restriction” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

أمّا الاقتصارُ على ذِكرِ الاسمِ المُفرَدِ مُجرّدًا من جملةٍ ومعنى فليسَ من هديِ الوحي،

As for merely mentioning the single name detached from a sentence and meaning, it is not part of divine guidance,

الاقْتِصَارُ limiting

'the restricting, confining oneself', a verbal noun, nominative as the fronted topic. It heads toward 'on...' to say 'limiting oneself to just X'.

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More example sentences

فينبغي الاقتصار على الموافق الشهي بلا إكثار منه

So, one should limit themselves to agreeable, delightful food, without excess.

الِاقْتِصَارُ the limiting

This verb-derived noun, 'the limiting', is the subject of 'ought', telling you what is fitting to do. Carrying 'al-' and the subject ending, it names the act of restricting oneself as the thing recommended.

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