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مَنَعَ

to hinder

VerbForm IRoot م-ن-ع

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Highlights

Present tense
يَمْنَعُ
Verbal noun
مَنْع
Active participle
مَانِع
Passive participle
مَمْنُوع

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form III
مَانَعَ
to resist
Adjective
مَمْنُوع
forbidden
Noun
مَناعة
impregnability
Adjective
مَنِيع
strong
Adjective
مَانِع
forbidding
Noun
مَانِع
hindrance

مَنَعَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to hinder, to prevent, to repel
    قَالَ يَـٰٓـإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنۡ تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَىَّ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ"Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What prevented you from prostrating to what I created with My Own Hands? Did you ˹just˺ become proud? Or have you always been arrogant?”"609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:75
  2. to defend, to protect
    أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ"Or do they have gods—other than Us—that can protect them? They cannot ˹even˺ protect themselves, nor will they be aided against Us."609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:43
  3. to forbid, to prohibit, to ban

Word origin

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

Words from the root م-ن-ع

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

مَنَعَ · present يَمْنَعُ
Form I · The plain action

to hinder, to prevent, to repel; to defend, to protect; to forbid, to prohibit, to ban

مَنْع
Verbal noun
prevention
مَانِع
Active participle · Adjective
forbidding
مَانِع
Active participle
hindrance
مَمْنُوع
Passive participle · Adjective
forbidden
مَانَعَ · present يُمَانِعُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to resist, to oppose, to counteract, to rise up against, to stand up against; to refuse, to deny, to object to; to dispute, to protest, to contest

مُمَانَعَة
Verbal noun
مُمَانِع
Active participle
مُمَانَع
Passive participle
تَمَنَّعَ · present يَتَمَنَّعُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to seek protection in; to refrain, abstain, desist from; to be or become inaccessible

تَمَنُّع
Verbal noun
مُتَمَنِّع
Active participle
مُتَمَنَّع
Passive participle
اِمْتَنَعَ · present يَمْتَنِعُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to abstain, to refrain from something, or to withhold oneself from someone (constructed with عَن (ʕan)); to be impossible

اِمْتِنَاع
Verbal noun
مُمْتَنِع
Active participle
مُمْتَنَع
Passive participle
مَناعة
Noun · f.
impregnability
مَنِيع
Adjective
strong
مَمْنُوعِيَّة
Noun · f.
forbiddenness

مَنَعَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iمَنَعْتُأَمْنَعُأَمْنَعَأَمْنَعْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)مَنَعْتَتَمْنَعُتَمْنَعَتَمْنَعْاِمْنَعْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)مَنَعْتِتَمْنَعِينَتَمْنَعِيتَمْنَعِياِمْنَعِي
هُوَ heمَنَعَيَمْنَعُيَمْنَعَيَمْنَعْ—
هِيَ sheمَنَعَتْتَمْنَعُتَمْنَعَتَمْنَعْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoمَنَعْتُمَاتَمْنَعَانِتَمْنَعَاتَمْنَعَااِمْنَعَا
هُمَا they two (m.)مَنَعَايَمْنَعَانِيَمْنَعَايَمْنَعَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)مَنَعَتَاتَمْنَعَانِتَمْنَعَاتَمْنَعَا—
نَحْنُ weمَنَعْنَانَمْنَعُنَمْنَعَنَمْنَعْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)مَنَعْتُمْتَمْنَعُونَتَمْنَعُواتَمْنَعُوااِمْنَعُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)مَنَعْتُنَّتَمْنَعْنَتَمْنَعْنَتَمْنَعْنَاِمْنَعْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)مَنَعُوايَمْنَعُونَيَمْنَعُوايَمْنَعُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)مَنَعْنَيَمْنَعْنَيَمْنَعْنَيَمْنَعْنَ—
Verbal nounمَنْع
Active participleمَانِع
Passive participleمَمْنُوع

مَنَعَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to hinder

قَالَ يَـٰٓـإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنۡ تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَىَّ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ"Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What prevented you from prostrating to what I created with My Own Hands? Did you ˹just˺ become proud? Or have you always been arrogant?”"609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:75

to defend

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ"Or do they have gods—other than Us—that can protect them? They cannot ˹even˺ protect themselves, nor will they be aided against Us."609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:43

From a fully vowelled text

وَيُمْنَعُ عَنِ الأَشْرَارِ نُورُهُمْ، وَتَنْكَسِرُ الذِّرَاعُ الْمُرْتَفِعَةُ.And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.Job 38:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
شَهْوَةَ قَلْبِهِ أَعْطَيْتَهُ، وَمُلْتَمَسَ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ تَمْنَعْهُ. سِلاَهْ.Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.Psalms 21:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «لاَ تَمْنَعُوهُ، لأَنَّ مَنْ لَيْسَ عَلَيْنَا فَهُوَ مَعَنَا».And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.Luke 9:50, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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