إمساك

See also: امساک

Arabic

Root
م س ك (m s k)
7 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka, “to hold back”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔim.saːk/
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

إِمْسَاك • (ʔimsāk) m

  1. verbal noun of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka) (form IV) holding (something)
  2. (medicine, pathology) constipation
  3. The start of fasting
    1. (Islam) The start of fasting (e.g. in Ramadan) at or around the dawn prayer very early in the morning
  4. (Islam) Fasting until the afternoon (as opposed to sunset in regular fasting), which is permissible or recommended in some events
  5. stinginess

Declension

Declension of noun إِمْسَاك (ʔimsāk)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal إِمْسَاك
ʔimsāk 		الْإِمْسَاك
al-ʔimsāk 		إِمْسَاك
ʔimsāk
nominative إِمْسَاكٌ
ʔimsākun 		الْإِمْسَاكُ
al-ʔimsāku 		إِمْسَاكُ
ʔimsāku
accusative إِمْسَاكًا
ʔimsākan 		الْإِمْسَاكَ
al-ʔimsāka 		إِمْسَاكَ
ʔimsāka
genitive إِمْسَاكٍ
ʔimsākin 		الْإِمْسَاكِ
al-ʔimsāki 		إِمْسَاكِ
ʔimsāki

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: imsak
  • → Malay: imsak
  • → Persian: امساک (emsâk)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: امساك (imsâk)
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