إمساك

Arabic

Root
م س ك (m-s-k)

Etymology

From أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka, to hold back).

Noun

إِمْسَاك • (ʔimsāk) m

  1. verbal noun of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka) (form IV) holding (something)
  2. (medicine, pathology) constipation
  3. (Islam) The start of the daily fast on Ramadan, very early in the morning

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: imsak
  • Malay: imsak
  • Ottoman Turkish: امساك (imsâk)
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