# \*mVnaʕ-: 'forbid, refuse'

> Proto-Semitic *mVnaʕ-, 'forbid, refuse': reflexes in 5 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mVnaʕ- |
| Meaning | 'forbid, refuse' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 958 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic mnʿ (Al-Jallad 2026, 92) | Al-Jallad 2026 92 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | mnʕ a,1 (Lane 3024) | Lane 3024 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab mnʿ (SD 86 apud SEDonline 1190; Sabaweb lemma 4553); Min mnʿ (ML 61 apud SEDonline 1190) | SD 86; SEDonline 1190; Sabaweb lemma 4553; ML 61 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | mnʕ (HALOT 602 apud SEDonline 1190) | HALOT 602; SEDonline 1190 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | JBA mnʕ (DJBA 687 apud SEDonline 1190) | DJBA 687; SEDonline 1190 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Mehri mūna 'to catch, to get, to take' (ML 267 apud SEDonline 1190) and Jibbali mínaʕ 'to hold, to take hold of' (JL 172 apud SEDonline 1190) are likely borrowed from Arabic.

## Linked from

- [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>)

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