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

Declension of noun مَنْع (manʕ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَنْع
manʕ 		الْمَنْع
al-manʕ 		مَنْع
manʕ
nominative مَنْعٌ
manʕun 		الْمَنْعُ
al-manʕu 		مَنْعُ
manʕu
accusative مَنْعًا
manʕan 		الْمَنْعَ
al-manʕa 		مَنْعَ
manʕa
genitive مَنْعٍ
manʕin 		الْمَنْعِ
al-manʕi 		مَنْعِ
manʕi

Descendants

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

Verb

مَنَعَ • (manaʕa) I (non-past يَمْنَعُ (yamnaʕu), verbal noun مَنْع (manʕ))

  1. to hinder, to prevent, to repel
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:75:
      قَالَ يَـٰٓـإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنۡ تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَىَّ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ
      "Qāla yāib'līsu mā mana'ka an tašjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina l-'ālīna"
      "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?”"
  2. to defend, to protect
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:43:
      أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ
      "Am lahum ālihatun tamna'uhum min dūninā lā yastaṭī'ūna naṣra anfusihim walā hum minā yuṣ'ḥabūna"
      "Or do they have gods—other than Us—that can protect them? They cannot ˹even˺ protect themselves, nor will they be aided against Us."
  3. (Modern Standard Arabic) to forbid, to prohibit, to ban

Conjugation

Conjugation of مَنَعَ (I, sound, a ~ a, full passive, verbal noun مَنْع)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		مَنْع
manʕ
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		مَانِع
māniʕ
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول 		مَمْنُوع
mamnūʕ
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m مَنَعْتُ
manaʕtu 		مَنَعْتَ
manaʕta 		مَنَعَ
manaʕa 		مَنَعْتُمَا
manaʕtumā 		مَنَعَا
manaʕā 		مَنَعْنَا
manaʕnā 		مَنَعْتُمْ
manaʕtum 		مَنَعُوا
manaʕū
f مَنَعْتِ
manaʕti 		مَنَعَتْ
manaʕat 		مَنَعَتَا
manaʕatā 		مَنَعْتُنَّ
manaʕtunna 		مَنَعْنَ
manaʕna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَمْنَعُ
ʔamnaʕu 		تَمْنَعُ
tamnaʕu 		يَمْنَعُ
yamnaʕu 		تَمْنَعَانِ
tamnaʕāni 		يَمْنَعَانِ
yamnaʕāni 		نَمْنَعُ
namnaʕu 		تَمْنَعُونَ
tamnaʕūna 		يَمْنَعُونَ
yamnaʕūna
f تَمْنَعِينَ
tamnaʕīna 		تَمْنَعُ
tamnaʕu 		تَمْنَعَانِ
tamnaʕāni 		تَمْنَعْنَ
tamnaʕna 		يَمْنَعْنَ
yamnaʕna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَمْنَعَ
ʔamnaʕa 		تَمْنَعَ
tamnaʕa 		يَمْنَعَ
yamnaʕa 		تَمْنَعَا
tamnaʕā 		يَمْنَعَا
yamnaʕā 		نَمْنَعَ
namnaʕa 		تَمْنَعُوا
tamnaʕū 		يَمْنَعُوا
yamnaʕū
f تَمْنَعِي
tamnaʕī 		تَمْنَعَ
tamnaʕa 		تَمْنَعَا
tamnaʕā 		تَمْنَعْنَ
tamnaʕna 		يَمْنَعْنَ
yamnaʕna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَمْنَعْ
ʔamnaʕ 		تَمْنَعْ
tamnaʕ 		يَمْنَعْ
yamnaʕ 		تَمْنَعَا
tamnaʕā 		يَمْنَعَا
yamnaʕā 		نَمْنَعْ
namnaʕ 		تَمْنَعُوا
tamnaʕū 		يَمْنَعُوا
yamnaʕū
f تَمْنَعِي
tamnaʕī 		تَمْنَعْ
tamnaʕ 		تَمْنَعَا
tamnaʕā 		تَمْنَعْنَ
tamnaʕna 		يَمْنَعْنَ
yamnaʕna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m اِمْنَعْ
imnaʕ 		اِمْنَعَا
imnaʕā 		اِمْنَعُوا
imnaʕū
f اِمْنَعِي
imnaʕī 		اِمْنَعْنَ
imnaʕna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m مُنِعْتُ
muniʕtu 		مُنِعْتَ
muniʕta 		مُنِعَ
muniʕa 		مُنِعْتُمَا
muniʕtumā 		مُنِعَا
muniʕā 		مُنِعْنَا
muniʕnā 		مُنِعْتُمْ
muniʕtum 		مُنِعُوا
muniʕū
f مُنِعْتِ
muniʕti 		مُنِعَتْ
muniʕat 		مُنِعَتَا
muniʕatā 		مُنِعْتُنَّ
muniʕtunna 		مُنِعْنَ
muniʕna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أُمْنَعُ
ʔumnaʕu 		تُمْنَعُ
tumnaʕu 		يُمْنَعُ
yumnaʕu 		تُمْنَعَانِ
tumnaʕāni 		يُمْنَعَانِ
yumnaʕāni 		نُمْنَعُ
numnaʕu 		تُمْنَعُونَ
tumnaʕūna 		يُمْنَعُونَ
yumnaʕūna
f تُمْنَعِينَ
tumnaʕīna 		تُمْنَعُ
tumnaʕu 		تُمْنَعَانِ
tumnaʕāni 		تُمْنَعْنَ
tumnaʕna 		يُمْنَعْنَ
yumnaʕna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أُمْنَعَ
ʔumnaʕa 		تُمْنَعَ
tumnaʕa 		يُمْنَعَ
yumnaʕa 		تُمْنَعَا
tumnaʕā 		يُمْنَعَا
yumnaʕā 		نُمْنَعَ
numnaʕa 		تُمْنَعُوا
tumnaʕū 		يُمْنَعُوا
yumnaʕū
f تُمْنَعِي
tumnaʕī 		تُمْنَعَ
tumnaʕa 		تُمْنَعَا
tumnaʕā 		تُمْنَعْنَ
tumnaʕna 		يُمْنَعْنَ
yumnaʕna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أُمْنَعْ
ʔumnaʕ 		تُمْنَعْ
tumnaʕ 		يُمْنَعْ
yumnaʕ 		تُمْنَعَا
tumnaʕā 		يُمْنَعَا
yumnaʕā 		نُمْنَعْ
numnaʕ 		تُمْنَعُوا
tumnaʕū 		يُمْنَعُوا
yumnaʕū
f تُمْنَعِي
tumnaʕī 		تُمْنَعْ
tumnaʕ 		تُمْنَعَا
tumnaʕā 		تُمْنَعْنَ
tumnaʕna 		يُمْنَعْنَ
yumnaʕna

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic

Root
م ن ع
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَنَعَ (manaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.naʕ/, [ˈmænæʕ]

Verb

منع • (manaʕ) I (non-past يمنع (yimnaʕ))

  1. (transitive) to prevent, to obstruct, to block
Conjugation
Conjugation of منع
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m منعت (manaʕt) منعت (manaʕt) منع (manaʕ) منعنا (manaʕna) منعتوا (manaʕtu) منعوا (manaʕu)
f منعتي (manaʕti) منعت (manaʕit)
present subjunctive m امنع (amnaʕ) تمنع (timnaʕ) يمنع (yimnaʕ) نمنع (nimnaʕ) تمنعوا (timnaʕu) يمنعوا (yimnaʕu)
f تمنعي (timnaʕi) تمنع (timnaʕ)
present indicative m بمنع (bamnaʕ) بتمنع (bitimnaʕ) بيمنع (biyimnaʕ) بنمنع (binimnaʕ) بتمنعوا (bitimnaʕu) بيمنعوا (biyimnaʕu)
f بتمنعي (bitimnaʕi) بتمنع (bitimnaʕ)
future1 m همنع (hamnaʕ) هتمنع (hatimnaʕ) هيمنع (hayimnaʕ) هنمنع (hanimnaʕ) هتمنعوا (hatimnaʕu) هيمنعوا (hayimnaʕu)
f هتمنعي (hatimnaʕi) هتمنع (hatimnaʕ)
imperative m امنع (imnaʕ) امنعوا (imnaʕu)
f امنعي (imnaʕi)

1 The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manʕ/, [ˈmænʕ]

Noun

منع • (manʕ) m

  1. obstruct, pervention, prohibition

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Noun

منع • (men)

  1. preventing, hindering
  2. forbidding, prohibition

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? man'
Dari reading? man'
Iranian reading? man'
Tajik reading? man'

Noun

Dari منع
Iranian Persian
Tajik манъ

منع • (man')

  1. prevention
    منع رفت و آمد ― man-e raft o âmad ― curfew

Adjective

منع • (man')

  1. prohibited

Derived terms

  • منع کردن (man' kardan)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “منع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَنَع • (manaʻ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਮਨ੍ਹਾ)

  1. restricted, unallowed

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “منع”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਮਨ੍ਹਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ن ع
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَنَعَ (manaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.naʕ/, [ˈma.naʕ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

منع • (manaʕ) 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
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 Classical Persian منع (man'), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَنَع • (mana') (Hindi spelling मना)

  1. prohibited, forbidden, not allowed

References

  • “منع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “منع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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