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مُمْكِن
possible /ˈmum.kin/
adjectiveA1#380 most common
Also: maybe, could / may (in polite requests), feasible
Example sentences
هذا مُمْكِن.
This is possible.
هل هذا مُمْكِن؟
Is this possible?
من المُمْكِن أن يأتي اليوم.
It is possible that he will come today.
ليس من المُمْكِن إنهاء العمل في يوم واحد.
It is not possible to finish the work in one day.
كان من المُمْكِن أن نتجنّب هذا الخطأ لو خطّطنا جيدًا.
We could have avoided this mistake if we had planned well.
تسعى الشركة إلى تحقيق أكبر قدر مُمْكِن من الأرباح بأقل تكلفة مُمْكِنة.
The company seeks the greatest possible profit at the lowest possible cost.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُمْكِنٌ | مُمْكِنونَ |
| Genitive | مُمْكِنٍ | مُمْكِنينَ |
| Accusative | مُمْكِناً | مُمْكِنينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُمْكِنُ | يا مُمْكِنونَ |
Word family
أَمْكَنَto be possible, to enable
إِمْكانِيّةpossibility
تَمْكينempowerment, enabling
مُمْكِنةpossible (feminine)
مَكانplaceEtymology
مُمْكِن is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَمْكَنَ, 'to make possible.' Both come from the triliteral root م-ك-ن, which carries the sense of being firm or established. The same root gives مَكان, 'place,' a thing fixed in position. Scholars link this family to the wider Semitic root for being firm, seen in Hebrew and Akkadian.
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