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مُسْتَحِيل
impossible /mustaˈħiːl/
adjectiveA1#608 most common
Also: unthinkable, absurd, out of the question
Example sentences
هَذَا مُسْتَحِيل.
This is impossible.
السَّفَرُ غَدًا مُسْتَحِيل.
Traveling tomorrow is impossible.
لَا شَيْءَ مُسْتَحِيل إِذَا حَاوَلْتَ.
Nothing is impossible if you try.
كَانَ مِنَ المُسْتَحِيلِ أَنْ نَصِلَ فِي الوَقْتِ المُحَدَّدِ.
It was impossible for us to arrive on time.
يَبْدُو تَحْقِيقُ هَذَا الحُلْمِ مُسْتَحِيلًا فِي ظِلِّ الظُّرُوفِ الرَّاهِنَةِ.
Achieving this dream seems impossible under the current circumstances.
تُعَدُّ فِكْرَةُ السَّفَرِ عَبْرَ الزَّمَنِ مُسْتَحِيلَةً عِلْمِيًّا حَتَّى الآنَ.
The idea of time travel is considered scientifically impossible so far.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُسْتَحِيلٌ | مُسْتَحِيلُونَ |
| Genitive | مُسْتَحِيلٍ | مُسْتَحِيلِينَ |
| Accusative | مُسْتَحِيلًا | مُسْتَحِيلِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُسْتَحِيلُ | يَا مُسْتَحِيلُونَ |
Word family
اِسْتَحَالَto be impossible; to be transformed
اِسْتِحَالَةimpossibility
مُحَالimpossible, absurd
تَحَوُّلtransformation
حَالstate, condition
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ح-و-ل (ḥ-w-l), which carries the sense of changing, turning, and transformation. The Form X verb اِسْتَحَالَ (istaḥāla) means to be transformed and, by extension, to become absurd or impossible. مُسْتَحِيل is its active participle, literally something that turns away from coming about, hence impossible.
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