إمساك

See also: امساک

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

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
• → Ottoman Turkish: امساك (imsâk)
  • Turkish: imsak