امتنع

Arabic

Root
م ن ع (m-n-ʕ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.ta.na.ʕa/

Verb

اِمْتَنَعَ • (imtanaʕa) VIII, non-past يَمْتَنِعُ‎ (yamtaniʕu)

  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/, [ɪmˈta.naʕ]
  • (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)
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