امتنع

العربية

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امتنع

/im.ta.na.ʕa/

verb اِمْتَنَعَ · imtanaʕa · يَمْتَنِعُ · اِمْتِنَاع · مُمْتَنِع

to abstain, to refrain from something, or to withhold oneself from someone (constructed with عَن (ʕan))
to be impossible اَلْفِعْلُ ٱلْمَاضِي يَمْتَنِعُ تَوْكِيدُهُ بِالنُّونِ مُطْلَقًا.

In English

abstain refrain from — see also refrain
refrain (intransitive) to abstain (from) — see also abstain, contain oneself, retain, in

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {امتنع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}