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

Related terms

• إِسْهَال (ʔishāl, “diarrhea”)

Descendants

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