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مَنَع
to prevent /ˈma.na.ʕa/
verbB1#1743 most common
Also: to forbid, ban, to withhold, deny, to stop (someone from doing something)
Example sentences
مَنَعَ المُعَلِّمُ الكَلامَ.
The teacher forbade talking.
مَنَعَتِ الأُمُّ طِفْلَها مِنَ اللَّعِبِ.
The mother stopped her child from playing.
مَنَعَ الحارِسُ السَّيّاراتِ مِنَ الدُّخولِ.
The guard prevented the cars from entering.
مَنَعَتِ الحُكومَةُ التَّظاهُراتِ في وَسَطِ المَدينَةِ.
The government banned demonstrations in the city center.
مَنَعَهُ المَرَضُ مِنْ حُضورِ الاجْتِماعِ المُهِمِّ.
Illness kept him from attending the important meeting.
لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ فَشَلُهُ الأَوَّلُ مِنْ مُواصَلَةِ السَّعْيِ نَحْوَ هَدَفِهِ.
His first failure did not stop him from pursuing his goal.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَمْنَعُ | مَنَعْتُ | سَأَمْنَعُ |
| 2sg | تَمْنَعُ | مَنَعْتَ | سَتَمْنَعُ |
| 3sg | يَمْنَعُ | مَنَعَ | سَيَمْنَعُ |
| 1pl | نَمْنَعُ | مَنَعْنا | سَنَمْنَعُ |
| 2pl | تَمْنَعونَ | مَنَعْتُمْ | سَتَمْنَعونَ |
| 3pl | يَمْنَعونَ | مَنَعوا | سَيَمْنَعونَ |
Word family
مَنْعprevention, ban
مَمْنوعforbidden, prohibited
مانِعobstacle, impedimentاِمْتَنَعَto refrain, abstain
مَنيعimpregnable, well-protected
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root m-n-ʕ, which carries the sense of holding back or denying. The same root appears across Semitic languages with the meaning of withholding. In Arabic it built a wide family of words for barriers, bans, and things that are off-limits.
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