منع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ن ع (m-n-ʕ). Cognate with Hebrew מָנַע (mānaʿ).

Noun

مَنْع (manʕ) m

  1. verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa) (form I)
  2. prevention

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: منع (man')
  • Turkish: men, menetmek

Verb

مَنَعَ (manaʕa) I, non-past يَمْنَعُ‎ (yamnaʕu)

  1. to hinder, to prevent, to repel
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:75:
      قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ
      qāla yā ʔiblīsu mā manaʕaka ʔan tasjuda limā ḵalaqtu bi-yadayya ʔa-stakbarta ʔam kunta mina l-ʕālīna
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  2. to defend, to protect
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:43:
      أَمْ لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُمْ مِنْ دُونِنَا
      ʔam lahum ʔālihatun tamnaʕuhum min dūninā
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. (modern) to forbid, to prohibit, to ban

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: منع (manaʕ)
  • Maltese: mana'
  • South Levantine Arabic: منع (manaʕ)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَنَعَ (manaʕa).

Verb

منع (manaʿ) (perfect, imperfect يمنع (yimnaʿ), verb form I)

  1. to prevent, to obstruct, to block

Conjugation

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Noun

منع (men)

  1. preventing, hindering
  2. forbidding, prohibition

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /manʔ/

Noun

Dari منع
Iranian Persian
Tajik манъ (manʾ)

منع (man')

  1. prevention

Derived terms

  • منع کردن (man' kardan)

Adjective

منع (man')

  1. prohibited

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ن ع

Etymology

From Arabic مَنَعَ (manaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.naʕ/, [ˈma.naʕ]
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Verb

منع (manaʕ) (form I, present بمنع (bimnaʕ), passive participle ممنوع (mamnūʕ))

  1. to forbid
    Synonym: حرّم (ḥarram)
    Antonym: سمح (samaḥ)
  2. to prevent
    خبّرت صاحباتها يغسّلو إيديهم منيح عشان نمنع انتشار العدوى.
    ḵabbarat ṣāḥebātha yḡasselu ʔīdēhom mnīḥ ʕašān nimnaʕ intišār il-ʕadwa
    She told her friends to wash their hands well in order to prevent the spread of the infection.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of منع (manaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m منعت (manaʕt) منعت (manaʕt) منع (manaʕ) منعنا (manaʕna) منعتو (manaʕtu) منعو (manaʕu)
f منعتي (manaʕti) منعت (manʕat)
present m بمنع (bamnaʕ) بتمنع (btimnaʕ) بمنع (bimnaʕ) منمنع (mnimnaʕ) بتمنعو (btimnaʕu) بمنعو (bimnaʕu)
f بتمنعي (btimnaʕi) بتمنع (btimnaʕ)
subjunctive m أمنع (ʔamnaʕ) تمنع (timnaʕ) يمنع (yimnaʕ) نمنع (nimnaʕ) تمنعو (timnaʕu) يمنعو (yimnaʕu)
f تمنعي (timnaʕi) تمنع (timnaʕ)
imperative m امنع (imnaʕ) امنعو (imnaʕu)
f امنعي (imnaʕi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian منع (man'), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَنَع (mana') (Hindi spelling मना)

  1. prohibited, forbidden, not allowed

References

  • منع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • منع”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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