إمساك

Arabic

Etymology

From أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka, “to hold back”).

Noun

إِمْسَاك • (ʔimsāk) m

1. verbal noun of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka) (form IV)
2. constipation

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
• → Turkish: imsak