مانع

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Arabic

Root
م ن ع (m n ʕ)
7 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to hinder, to prevent; to forbid).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَانِع (māniʕ) (feminine مَانِعَة (māniʕa), masculine plural مَانِعُونَ (māniʕūna), feminine plural مَانِعَات (māniʕāt))

  1. forbidding, prohibitive
  2. -resistant
    مَانِع لِلْحَرَارةmāniʕ li-l-ḥarāraheat-resistant
Declension
Derived terms
  • المَانِع (al-māniʕ, the Withholder, one of the names of God in Islam)

Noun

مَانِع (māniʕm (plural مَوَانِع (mawāniʕ))

  1. hindrance, obstacle, impediment
    Synonym: عَائِق (ʕāʔiq)
  2. objection, opposition
    Synonym: اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ)
    لَا مَانِعَ عَن ذٰلِكَmāniʕa ʕan ḏālikano objection to that
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: maneə
  • Ottoman Turkish: مانع (mani')
  • Persian: مانع (mâne')
  • South Levantine Arabic: مانع (māniʕ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

مَانَعَ (mānaʕa) III (non-past يُمَانِعُ (yumāniʕu), verbal noun مُمَانَعَة (mumānaʕa))

  1. to resist, to oppose, to counteract, to rise up against, to stand up against
  2. to refuse, to deny, to object to; to dispute, to protest, to contest
Conjugation

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ), from verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to hinder, to prevent).

Noun

مانع (mani')

  1. obstacle

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mani1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مانع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1662
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 730

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ), from verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to hinder, to prevent).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? māni'
Dari reading? māne'
Iranian reading? mâne'
Tajik reading? moneʾ

Noun

مانع (mâne') (plural موانع (mavâne'))

  1. obstacle, hindrance (both physical and figurative)
    رفع موانعraf'-e mavâne'removal of obstacles
    برطرف کردن موانعbartaraf kardan-e mavâne'removal of obstacles

Derived terms

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ن ع
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ), from verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to hinder, to prevent).

Pronunciation

Noun

مانع (māniʕm

  1. objection, opposition
    ما عنديش مانعmā ʔandīsh māniʕI have no objections / I don't mind
    إذا ما عندك مانع...iza mā ʔandak māniʕIf you don't mind...