Arabic vocabulary
يُمْسِك is how you say “to restrain” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فإن استطاع أن لا يغضب فهو الكامل، وإلا فليمسك لسانه ويده
If he can avoid getting angry, he is complete; otherwise, let him restrain his tongue and his hand.
فَلْيُمْسِكْ — let him restrain. The joined 'so' plus a command-form verb shaped by a 'let him' marker: then let him restrain. Arabic forms this third-person command by attaching the marker and clipping the verb's ending, where English uses 'let him'.
From: Restraining Anger →OpenArabic teaches words like يُمْسِك through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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