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منع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of preventing, withholding, or obstructing. It extends to ideas of being inaccessible, strong, or resistant, and can also refer to specific animals that are difficult to manage or control.

Derived headwords

مَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    from the category of 'qaṭaʿa'both

    from the category of 'qaṭaʿa'

  2. 2.
    he prevented, from the class of 'ظرف'both

    he prevented, from the class of 'ظرف'

مَنْعnoun
  1. 1.
    from the category of 'qaṭaʿa'both

    from the category of 'qaṭaʿa'

  2. 2.
    he prevented, from the class of 'ظرف'both

    he prevented, from the class of 'ظرف'

مانِعadjective
  1. 1.
    so he is a preventerboth

    so he is a preventer

  2. 2.
    he prevented the thing, preventingboth

    he prevented the thing, preventing

  3. 3.
    preventerboth

    preventer

مَنُوعadjective
  1. 1.
    and very preventingboth

    and very preventing

مَنَّاعadjective
  1. 1.
    and a great preventerboth

    and a great preventer

اِمْتَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to refrainboth

    To hold oneself back from doing something; to abstain.

  2. 2.
    to refuseboth

    To decline to do or accept something.

مُمَانَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    resistanceboth

    The act of opposing or resisting.

  2. 2.
    contentionclassical

    The act of disputing or struggling over something.

مَنِيعadjective
  1. 1.
    impenetrableboth

    Impossible to pass through or enter; inaccessible.

  2. 2.
    strongholdboth

    A place that is strongly defended or difficult to attack.

مَنَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strengthboth

    The quality or state of being strong; power or resilience.

  2. 2.
    immunityboth

    Protection from an obligation or a disease.

مَنَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strength, protection (with two fatha, and the nun may be quiescent)both

    strength, protection (with two fatha, and the nun may be quiescent)

  2. 2.
    Al-Mana'ah is the plural of Maani', like Kaafir and Kafarhboth

    Al-Mana'ah is the plural of Maani', like Kaafir and Kafarh

تَمَنَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be inaccessibleboth

    To act in a way that makes oneself difficult to reach or obtain.

  2. 2.
    to resistboth

    To oppose or refuse to yield.

المُتَمَنِّعانnoun
  1. 1.
    heifer and young goatclassical

    Specific terms for a young female bovine and a young female goat, known for their resistance or difficulty to manage.

Parallel reading

المنع: خلاف الإعطاء.
Prevention: the opposite of giving.
وقد منع فهو مانع ومنوع ومناع.
And he prevented, so he is a preventer, obstinate, and very preventing.
ومنعت الرجل عن الشئ فامتنع منه.
And I prevented the man from the thing, so he refrained from it.
وماتعته الشئ ممانعة.
And I contended with him for the thing, a contention.
ومكان منيع، وقد منع بالضم مناعة.
And a place is inaccessible, and it has strength.
وفلان في عز ومنعة بالتحريك وقد يسكن.
And so-and-so is in glory and strength (with harakat, and sometimes without).
ويقال: المنعة جمع مانع، مثل كافر وكفرة، أي هو في عز ومن يمنعه من عشيرته.
And it is said: Al-man'ah is the plural of manī', like kāfir and kafarah, meaning he is in glory and those who prevent him from his kin.
وقد تمنع.
And he may be inaccessible.
المتمنعان: البكرة والعناق، تمتنعان على السنة بفتائهما، ولانهما يشبعان قبل الجلة.
The mutamanni'ān: the heifer and the young goat, they resist the year with their weaned state, and because they become full before the older ones.
وهما المقاتلتان للزمان عن أنفسهما.
And they are the two that fight off time for themselves.