Arabic for refuse

imtana3a

ﺍِﻣﺘَﻨَﻊَ

refuse – past tense he

yamtani3u

ﻳَﻤﺘَﻨِﻊُ

refuse – present tense he

The Arabic verb for refuse is written ﺍِﻣﺘَﻨَﻊَ and pronunced imtana3a in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻤﺘَﻨِﻊُ and pronounced yamtani3u. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word refuse

I refrained from commenting upon the matter¹

imtana3tu 3an atta3liiqi

ﺍِﻣﺘَﻨَﻌﺖُ ﻋَﻦ ﺍَﻟﺘَّﻌﻠِﻴﻖِ

The Government refrain from raising V.A.T.¹

tamtani3u alHukuumatu 3an raf3i Dariibati alqiimati almuDaafati

ﺗَﻤﺘَﻨِﻊُ ﺍَﻟﺤُﻜُﻮﻣَﺔُ ﻋَﻦ ﺭَﻓﻊِ ﺿَﺮِﻳﺒَﺔِ ﺍَﻟﻘِﻴﻤَﺔِ ﺍَﻟﻤُﻀَﺎﻓَﺔِ

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Important letters: ﻡ ﻥ ﻉ

The root of the word refuse consists of three Arabic letters: mim that is written ﻡ and pronounced m, nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n and ayn that is written ﻉ and pronounced 3. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to refuse

The letters of refuse

ﺍِﻣﺘَﻨَﻊَ

ﺍ

ﻣـ

ـﺘـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻊ

ﺍ

ﻣـ

ـﺘـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻊ

ﺍ

ـﺎ

ﻡ

ﻣـ

ـﻤـ

ـﻢ

ﺕ

ﺗـ

ـﺘـ

ـﺖ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻉ

ﻋـ

ـﻌـ

ـﻊ

alef

mim

nun

ayn

The Arabic word for refuse consists of: The letter alef that is written ﺍ and pronounced . The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m and is a part of the root of the word. The letter ta that is written ﺕ ( here ـﺘـ ) and pronounced t. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻨـ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ayn that is written ﻉ ( here ـﻊ ) and pronounced 3 and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﺍِﻣﺘَﻨَﻊَ and pronounced imtana3a.

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The pattern for refuse

ifta3ala becomes imtana3a

We have seen that the Arabic word for refuse is written ﺍِﻣﺘَﻨَﻊَ and pronounced imtana3a. It follows the pattern verb form 8. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure ifta3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is ifta3ala and the root letters are m, n and 3, the word becomes imtana3a.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns