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مَنْع
prevention /ˈmanʕ/
nounB1#1638 most common
Also: ban, prohibition, denial
Example sentences
مَنْعُ التَّدْخِينِ هُنَا.
No smoking here.
يَجِبُ مَنْعُ السَّيَّارَاتِ مِنَ الحَدِيقَةِ.
Cars must be banned from the park.
قَرَّرَتِ المَدْرَسَةُ مَنْعَ الهَوَاتِفِ في الصُّفُوفِ.
The school decided to ban phones in classrooms.
أَثَارَ مَنْعُ التَّظَاهُرِ غَضَبَ المُوَاطِنِينَ.
The ban on protest stirred the citizens' anger.
يَهْدِفُ القَانُونُ إِلَى مَنْعِ الاحْتِكَارِ في السُّوقِ.
The law aims to prevent monopoly in the market.
لَمْ يَكُنْ مَنْعُ التَّجَوُّلِ كَافِيًا لِاحْتِوَاءِ انْتِشَارِ العَدْوَى.
The curfew was not enough to contain the spread of the infection.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَنْعٌ | — |
| Genitive | مَنْعٍ | — |
| Accusative | مَنْعًا | — |
| Vocative | يَا مَنْعُ | — |
Word family
مَنَعَto prevent, forbid
مَمْنُوعforbidden, bannedمَانِعobstacle, impediment
اِمْتِنَاعabstention, refusal
مَنَاعَةimmunity
Etymology
مَنْع is the verbal noun of the verb مَنَعَ, "to prevent" or "to forbid," from the Semitic root م-ن-ع. The basic sense is to hold back or refuse access. From it Arabic builds words for immunity, obstacles, and things deemed forbidden.
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