امتنع

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Arabic

Root
م ن ع (m n ʕ)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

اِمْتَنَعَ (imtanaʕa) VIII (non-past يَمْتَنِعُ (yamtaniʕu), verbal noun اِمْتِنَاع (imtināʕ))

  1. (constructed with عَن (ʕan)) to abstain, to refrain from something, or to withhold oneself from someone
  2. to be impossible

Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ن ع
4 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِمْتَنَعَ (imtanaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.ta.naʕ/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

امتنع (imtanaʕ) VIII (present بمتنع (bimtneʕ))

  1. to abstain, to refrain (from + عن (ʕan) / من (min))
    امتنعو عن التصويت
    imtanaʕū ʕan it-taṣwīt
    They abstained from voting.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of امتنع (imtanaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m امتنعت (imtanaʕt) امتنعت (imtanaʕt) امتنع (imtanaʕ) امتنعنا (imtanaʕna) امتنعتو (imtanaʕtu) امتنعو (imtanaʕu)
f امتنعتي (imtanaʕti) امتنعت (imtanʕat)
present m بمتنع (bamtneʕ) بتمتنع (btimtneʕ) بمتنع (bimtneʕ) منمتنع (mnimtneʕ) بتمتنعو (btimtinʕu) بمتنعو (bimtinʕu)
f بتمتنعي (btimtinʕi) بتمتنع (btimtneʕ)
subjunctive m امتنع (amtneʕ) تمتنع (timtneʕ) يمتنع (yimtneʕ) نمتنع (nimtneʕ) تمتنعو (timtinʕu) يمتنعو (yimtinʕu)
f تمتنعي (timtinʕi) تمتنع (timtneʕ)
imperative m امتنع (imtniʕ) امتنعو (imtinʕu)
f امتنعي (imtinʕi)