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منعه

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of preventing, withholding, or denying something. It extends to ideas of being strong, impregnable, or inaccessible, and also encompasses specific terms for a type of crab and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

مَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to prevent, forbidboth

    To stop someone from doing something or to withhold something from them.

  2. 2.
    to give, grantclassical

    The opposite of withholding; to bestow or give something.

يَمْنَعُverb
  1. 1.
    he preventsboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to prevent'.

  2. 2.
    he givesclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'to give' (opposite meaning).

مَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to prevent, forbidboth

    The past tense form of the verb 'to prevent'.

  2. 2.
    to give, grantclassical

    The past tense form of the verb 'to give' (opposite meaning).

مَانِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    preventing, forbiddingboth

    One who or that which prevents or forbids.

  2. 2.
    strong, impregnableboth

    Describing something that is difficult to overcome or penetrate.

مَنَّاعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    very preventingboth

    Intensified form of 'preventing'; one who strongly withholds.

  2. 2.
    strong, formidableboth

    A very strong or formidable entity.

مَنُوعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    preventingboth

    One who or that which prevents.

  2. 2.
    givingclassical

    One who gives or bestows (opposite meaning).

مَنَعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    strength, impregnabilityboth

    The state or quality of being strong, fortified, or difficult to overcome.

مَنَعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cancer (crab)classical

    A type of crab, likely named for its pinching or restrictive nature.

مَنَعِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    eater of crabsclassical

    Describing something that consumes crabs.

امْتِنَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    abstinence, refrainingboth

    The act of refraining from something or abstaining.

  2. 2.
    impregnabilityclassical

    The state of being unassailable or impossible to overcome.

مَنِيعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    impenetrable, impregnableboth

    Describing something that cannot be penetrated or overcome; strong and fortified.

مُتَمَنِّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    strong lionclassical

    A powerful and strong lion.

  2. 2.
    proud, self-respectingclassical

    Someone who is strong in themselves and proud.

تَمَنَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be strong, proudclassical

    To act in a strong, proud, or self-respecting manner.

  2. 2.
    to refrain, abstainclassical

    To hold back or abstain from something.

مُتَمَنِّعَتَانِnoun
  1. 1.
    young she-camel and she-goatclassical

    Two young female animals, a she-camel and a she-goat, known for their strength and ability to resist.

مَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to become impregnableclassical

    To attain a state of being strong and difficult to overcome.

مَنَاعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A specific location or mountain belonging to the tribe of Hudhayl.

المَنَاعَانِname
  1. 1.
    two mountainsclassical

    A dual name referring to two mountains.

Parallel reading

مَنَعَهُ يَمْنَعُهُ، بِفَتْحِ نُونِهِمَا: ضِدَّ أَعْطَاهُ
He prevented him, he prevents him, with fath on both their nuns: the opposite of 'he gave him'.
فَهُوَ مَانِعٌ وَمَنَّاعٌ وَمَنُوعٌ
So he is preventing, very preventing, and preventing.
جَمْعُ الأَوَّلِ: مَنَعَةٌ، مُحَرَّكَةٌ
The plural of the first is 'man'ah', with harakah.
وَهُوَ فِي عِزٍّ وَمَنَعَةٍ، مُحَرَّكَةٌ وَيُسَكَّنُ
And he is in honor and strength, with harakah and it can be sakin.
أَيْ: مَعَهُ مَنْ يَمْنَعُهُ مِنْ عَشِيرَتِهِ
Meaning: he has someone who prevents him from his clan.
وَالمَنَعُ، بِالْفَتْحِ: السَّرَطَانُ، ج: مَنُوعٌ
And 'al-manac', with fath: the crab, plural: 'manūʿ'.
وَالمَنْعِيُّ: أَكَّالُ السَّرَطَانَاتِ
And 'al-man'ī': the eater of crabs.
وَكَسَكْرَى: الاِمْتِنَاعُ
And like 'sakrā': abstinence.
وَكَقَطَامِ، أَيْ: امْنَعْ، وَهَضْبَةٌ فِي جَبَلَيْ طَيِّئٍ
And like 'qaṭām', meaning: prevent, and it is a hill in the two mountains of Tayyi'.
وَيُقَالُ: المَنَاعَانِ، وَهُمَا جَبَلَانِ
And it is said: 'al-Manāʿān', and they are two mountains.
وَالمَنَاعَةُ: دٌ لِهُذَيْلٍ، أَوْ جَبَلٌ
And 'al-Manāʿah': a place for Hudhayl, or a mountain.
وَمَنَعَ، كَكَرُمَ: صَارَ مَنِيعًا
And 'man'a', like 'karuma': he became impregnable.
وَمَنِيعٌ وَمَانِعٌ وَمَنَّاعٌ: أَسْمَاءٌ
And 'manīʿ', 'māniʿ', and 'mannāʿ': are names.
وَالاِمْتِنَاعُ: الْكَفُّ عَنِ الشَّيْءِ
And 'al-imtināʿ': is refraining from a thing.
وَالمُمْتَنِعُ: الأَسَدُ القَوِيُّ، العَزِيزُ فِي نَفْسِهِ
And 'al-mumtaniʿ': the strong lion, the one who is proud in himself.
وَمَانِعُهُ الشَّيْءَ، وَتَمَنَّعَ عَنْهُ
And his preventing the thing, and his refraining from it.
وَالمُتَمَنِّعَتَانِ: البَكْرَةُ وَالعَنَاقُ، يَتَمَنَّعَانِ عَلَى السَّنَةِ لِفَتَائِهِمَا
And 'al-mutamanniʿatān': the young she-camel and the young she-goat, they resist the year due to their youthfulness.
وَلِأَنَّهُمَا تَشْبَعَانِ قَبْلَ الجَلَّةِ، أَوْ هُمَا المُقَاتِلَتَانِ الزَّمَانَ عَنْ أَنْفُسِهِمَا
And because they eat their fill before the older ones, or they are the two that fight off the time for themselves.