منع

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

The root منع (manaʿa) primarily denotes the act of preventing, hindering, or withholding something from someone. It can also extend to meanings of protection, fortification, and even stubbornness or resistance. In a more specific context, it can refer to stinginess or a refusal to give.

Derived headwords

مَنَعَverb

1.
to prevent, hinderboth
To put a barrier between someone and something they desire or are entitled to; to stop or impede.
2.
to withholdboth
To refuse to give or grant something, especially something due.
3.
to protect, defendboth
To guard or shield someone or something from harm or attack.

مَنْعnoun

1.
prevention, hindranceboth
The act of preventing or hindering; an obstruction.
2.
withholdingboth
The act of refusing to give or grant something.
3.
protectionboth
The act of defending or safeguarding.

مَنَعاًnoun

1.
preventionclassical
The opposite of giving; the act of preventing or hindering.

تَمَنَّعَverb

1.
to refrain, abstainboth
To hold oneself back from something; to abstain or desist.
2.
to be unyielding, resistantboth
To act in a stubborn or resistant manner; to refuse to yield.

تَمْنِيعاًnoun

1.
strong preventionclassical
Intensive or repeated prevention; fortification.

امْتَنَعَverb

1.
to refuse, declineboth
To refuse to do something; to decline an offer or request.
2.
to abstainboth
To refrain from doing something; to abstain.

مَانِعadjective

1.
preventing, hinderingboth
That which prevents or hinders; an obstacle.
2.
protectiveboth
Serving to protect or defend.
3.
stingy, miserlyboth
Reluctant to give or spend; parsimonious.

مَنَّاعadjective

1.
very preventing, obstructiveboth
Intensely preventing or hindering; very obstructive.
2.
very stingyboth
Extremely reluctant to give or spend; very miserly.

مَنُوعadjective

1.
stingy, withholdingboth
Characterized by stinginess or withholding.

مَنَعَةnoun

1.
strength, powerboth
Strength, power, or ability to resist or defend.
2.
fortificationboth
A place of defense; a stronghold.

مَنَعَةnoun

1.
strength, powerboth
Strength, power, or ability to resist or defend.

مَنَعَةnoun

1.
strength, powerboth
Strength, power, or ability to resist or defend.

مَنَاعnoun

1.
mountainclassical
A specific mountain or hill, particularly in the region of Tayy.

المَنَاعَانname

1.
two mountainsclassical
A dual name for two mountains.

المَنَاعَةname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain or valley, belonging to the Hudhayl tribe.

المُمْتَنِعadjective

1.
strong, powerful (lion)classical
Describing a lion that is strong, proud, and inaccessible due to its power and courage.

مُمَانَعَةnoun

1.
resistance, defenseclassical
The act of resisting or defending; acting as a shield or advocate.

المُتَمَنِّعَانnoun

1.
young female animalsclassical
Refers to young, tender female animals (like a young camel or goat) that are difficult to mount or handle due to their youth and tenderness.

مَنَعَاتnoun

1.
fortifications, strongholdsclassical
Places of refuge, fortresses, or strongholds.

مَنَاعَةnoun

1.
immunitymodern
The state of being immune or resistant to disease or harm.
2.
strength, powerclassical
Strength or power that prevents harm.

مُنَوِّعadjective

1.
one who prevents othersclassical
Someone who prevents or hinders others.

مَنِيعadjective

1.
impenetrable, inaccessibleboth
Difficult or impossible to penetrate, access, or overcome; strong.
2.
strong-bodiedclassical
Physically strong and robust.

مَمْنَعadjective

1.
impenetrable, inaccessibleclassical
Difficult or impossible to penetrate, access, or overcome; strong.

مَنَعِيّadjective

1.
cancer-eatingclassical
A term for something that consumes or destroys cancerous growths.

مَنْعَىnoun

1.
abstinence, refusalclassical
The act of abstaining or refusing.

مَنَاعadjective

1.
preventing, forbiddingclassical
An adjective used in a specific poetic context, possibly meaning 'preventing' or 'forbidding'.

مُنِيعَةadjective

1.
unyielding, resistant (woman)classical
Describing a woman who is unyielding or resistant to advances, particularly in matters of chastity.

مَنَعَnoun

1.
cancerclassical
A term for cancer or a cancerous growth.

مُنَاعnoun

1.
bow (weapon)classical
A type of bow that is difficult to bend or draw, implying strength and resistance.

مُتَمَانَعَاverb

1.
to mutually refuseclassical
To refuse each other; to mutually abstain or resist.

Parallel reading

منعه كذا يمنعه بفتح نونهما

He prevented him from such-and-such, it prevents him, with the nun open in both.

المنع: أن تحول بين الرجل وبين الشيء الذي يريده

Prevention: is to put a barrier between a man and the thing he wants.

ويقال: هو تحجير الشيء

And it is said: it is the circumscription of a thing.

ويقال منعه من كذا، ومنع حقه منه

And it is said: he prevented him from such-and-such, and he withheld his right from him.

وقد يراد بذلك البخل ومنه قوله تعالى: ويمنعون الماعون

And stinginess may be intended by that, and of it is the saying of Allah the Almighty: 'And they prevent the small gifts (al-ma'un)'.

مناع للخير

A preventer of good.

وإذا مسه الخير منوعا

And when good touches him, he is stingy.

وأما المانع في أسمائه جل ذكره فهو: الذي يمنع من استحق المنع

As for Al-Mani' in His names, glory be to Him, it is: He who prevents from deserving prevention.

وقيل: يمنع أهل دينه، أي: يحوطهم وينصرهم

And it was said: He protects the people of His religion, meaning: He surrounds them and supports them.

جمع الأول منعة، محركة، ككافر وكفرة

The plural of the first is 'mun'ah', with vowels, like 'kafir' and 'kafara'.

ويقال: هو في عز ومنعة، محركة

And it is said: He is in honor and strength, with vowels.

وعلى التحريك فيحتمل أن يكون جمع مانع، كما حكاه الجوهري

And with the vowelization, it is possible that it is the plural of 'mani'', as narrated by Al-Jawahiri.

أي: هو في عزو معه من يمنعه من عشيرته

Meaning: He is in honor and has those with him who protect him from his kin.

فمن بيانية، أي: معه ناس متصفون بأنهم يمنعونه من الضيم والتعدي عليه

So 'min' is explanatory, meaning: he has people characterized by their protecting him from oppression and aggression against him.

سيعوذ بهذا الدين قوم ليس لهم منعة

People will seek refuge in this religion who have no strength.

وأما على تقدير السكون، فالمراد به أي: قوة تمنع من يريده بسوء

And as for the case with Sukun, it means: strength that prevents whoever intends him harm.

ويحتمل على تقدير التحريك أن يكون مصدرا، كالأنفة والعظمة والعبدة

And it is possible with the vowelization that it is a masdar, like 'anafah', 'azhamah', and 'abatah'.

والمنعي: أكال السرطانات

And Al-Man'i: the eater of cancers.

والمنعى، كسكرى: الامتناع

And Al-Man'a, like 'sukra': abstention.

ومناع، كقطام، أي: امنع، معدول عنه

And 'minnaa', like 'qattaam': meaning 'prevent!', diverted from its original form.

مناعها من إبل مناعها

Its preventer of its camels, its preventer.

ومناع أيضا: هضبة في جبلي طييء

And 'Minnaa' also: a plateau in the mountains of Tayy.

قال النبي: صلى الله عليه وسلم لزيد الخيل إذ جاءه يسلم: أنا خير لكم من مناع

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to Zayd Al-Khayl when he came to greet him: 'I am better for you than Minnaa'.

ويقال: المناعان، وهما جبلان

And it is said: Al-Man'aan, and they are two mountains.

أرى الدهر لا يبقى على حدثانه ... أبود بأطراف المناعة جلعد

I see that time does not remain with its events... I perish at the edges of Al-Mana'ah, a strong man.

والمناعة: د، لهذيل، أو جبل لهم

And Al-Mana'ah: a place, belonging to Hudhayl, or a mountain of theirs.

والممتنع: الأسد القوي في جسمه، العزيز في نفسه

And Al-Mumtani': the lion, strong in its body, proud in its self.

ومانعه الشيء ممانعة: رادعه على الكف

And he prevented him from the thing, a strong prevention: deterring him from stopping.

وتمنع عنه انكف، وهو أيضا مطاوع منعه منعا

And he refrained from it, he desisted; and it is also the passive of 'mana'ahu man'an'.

وقد تكون الممانعة بمعنى المحاماة، فيكون مجازا

And the 'mumana'ah' may be in the sense of advocacy, so it would be metaphorical.

المتمنعان: البكرة والعناق يتمنعان على السنة، لفتائهما

Al-Mutamanni'aan: the young she-camel and the young goat, they are difficult to mount due to their tenderness.

وقوم منعات: لا يخلص إليهم

And 'mun'aat' people: inaccessible to them.

والاسم المنعة محركة، والمنعة بالفتح، والمنعة بالكسر، والمصدر المناعة

And the noun is 'mun'ah' with vowels, and 'man'ah' with fatha, and 'min'ah' with kasra, and the masdar is 'mana'ah'.

رجل منوع: يمنع غيره، ومنع: يمنع نفسه

A 'manuu'' man: prevents others, and 'mana'' (with kasra): prevents himself.

براني حب من لا أستطيع ... ومن هو للذي أهوى منوع

The love of one I cannot control has worn me down... And he is one who prevents what I desire.

ومنع الشيء مناعة: اعتز وتعسر

And 'mana'a' the thing with 'mana'ah': it became proud and difficult.

وامرأة منعة: متمنعة لا تؤاتي على الفاحشة

And a 'man'ah' woman: one who is unyielding and does not yield to indecency.

وقد تمنعت وهو مجاز

And she has become unyielding, and this is metaphorical.

وحصن منيع وممنع: لم يرم

And an impenetrable and inaccessible fortress: not attacked.

وتمنع به، أي: احتمى، وهو مجاز

And he sought protection by it, meaning: he took refuge, and this is metaphorical.

وناقة مانع: منعت لبنها، على النسب

And a 'maani'' she-camel: she withheld her milk, by attribution.

كأني أصاديها على غير مانع ... مقلصة قد أهجرتها فحولها

As if I am chasing her without hindrance... a swift one whose males have left her.

وقوس منعة: ممتنعة متأبية شاقة، وهو مجاز

And a 'mun'ah' bow: resistant, stubborn, difficult to draw, and this is metaphorical.

ارم سلاما وأبا الغراف وعاصما عن منعة وقذاف

Shoot Salamah, Abu Al-Gharaaf, and 'Aasim, away from the difficult and the swift.

ورجل منيع: قوي البدن شديده

And a 'mani'' man: strong and robust in body.

لا منع عن ذاك، قال: والتأويل: حقا أنك أنت فعلت ذلك

'La mana'a 'an dhaak', he said: and the interpretation is: truly, you are the one who did that.

وهو يمنع الجار، أي: يحوطه من أن يضام وينصره

And he protects the neighbor, meaning: he surrounds him from being oppressed and supports him.

وله في قومه حصن منيع وممنع، وهو مجاز

And he has among his people an impenetrable and inaccessible fortress, and this is metaphorical.

والموانع: جمع مانع

And Al-Mawaani': the plural of 'maani''.

وتمانعا: امتنعا

And they mutually refused: they abstained.

وعن أنفسهما: تحاميا

And from themselves: they protected each other.

والمنعات، محركة: المحارز والمعاقل

And Al-Man'aat, with vowels: the refuges and strongholds.

والمناعة، كثمامة، قال ابن جني: يحتمل أمرين

And Al-Mana'ah, like 'thamaamah', Ibn Jinni said: it is possible for two things.

أحدهما: أن يكون فعالة من المنع

The first: that it is 'f'aalah' from 'al-man''.

والآخر: أن يكون مفعلة من قولهم: جائع نائع، وأصلها منوعة، فجرى مجرى مقامة، وأصلها مقومة

And the second: that it is 'muf'alah' from their saying: 'jaa'i' naa'i'', and its origin is 'munawwah', so it followed the pattern of 'maqamah', whose origin is 'muqawwamah'.