مستحيل

Arabic

Root
ح و ل (ḥ-w-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِسْتَحَالَ (istaḥāla, “to be impossible”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mus.ta.ħiːl/

Adjective

مُسْتَحِيل • (mustaḥīl) (feminine مُسْتَحِيلَة (mustaḥīla), masculine plural مُسْتَحِيلُونَ (mustaḥīlūna), feminine plural مُسْتَحِيلَات (mustaḥīlāt))

Declension

Declension of adjective مُسْتَحِيل (mustaḥīl)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسْتَحِيل mustaḥīl	الْمُسْتَحِيل al-mustaḥīl	مُسْتَحِيلَة mustaḥīla	الْمُسْتَحِيلَة al-mustaḥīla
Nominative	مُسْتَحِيلٌ mustaḥīlun	الْمُسْتَحِيلُ al-mustaḥīlu	مُسْتَحِيلَةٌ mustaḥīlatun	الْمُسْتَحِيلَةُ al-mustaḥīlatu
Accusative	مُسْتَحِيلًا mustaḥīlan	الْمُسْتَحِيلَ al-mustaḥīla	مُسْتَحِيلَةً mustaḥīlatan	الْمُسْتَحِيلَةَ al-mustaḥīlata
Genitive	مُسْتَحِيلٍ mustaḥīlin	الْمُسْتَحِيلِ al-mustaḥīli	مُسْتَحِيلَةٍ mustaḥīlatin	الْمُسْتَحِيلَةِ al-mustaḥīlati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسْتَحِيلَيْن mustaḥīlayn	الْمُسْتَحِيلَيْن al-mustaḥīlayn	مُسْتَحِيلَتَيْن mustaḥīlatayn	الْمُسْتَحِيلَتَيْن al-mustaḥīlatayn
Nominative	مُسْتَحِيلَانِ mustaḥīlāni	الْمُسْتَحِيلَانِ al-mustaḥīlāni	مُسْتَحِيلَتَانِ mustaḥīlatāni	الْمُسْتَحِيلَتَانِ al-mustaḥīlatāni
Accusative	مُسْتَحِيلَيْنِ mustaḥīlayni	الْمُسْتَحِيلَيْنِ al-mustaḥīlayni	مُسْتَحِيلَتَيْنِ mustaḥīlatayni	الْمُسْتَحِيلَتَيْنِ al-mustaḥīlatayni
Genitive	مُسْتَحِيلَيْنِ mustaḥīlayni	الْمُسْتَحِيلَيْنِ al-mustaḥīlayni	مُسْتَحِيلَتَيْنِ mustaḥīlatayni	الْمُسْتَحِيلَتَيْنِ al-mustaḥīlatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسْتَحِيلِين mustaḥīlīn	الْمُسْتَحِيلِين al-mustaḥīlīn	مُسْتَحِيلَات mustaḥīlāt	الْمُسْتَحِيلَات al-mustaḥīlāt
Nominative	مُسْتَحِيلُونَ mustaḥīlūna	الْمُسْتَحِيلُونَ al-mustaḥīlūna	مُسْتَحِيلَاتٌ mustaḥīlātun	الْمُسْتَحِيلَاتُ al-mustaḥīlātu
Accusative	مُسْتَحِيلِينَ mustaḥīlīna	الْمُسْتَحِيلِينَ al-mustaḥīlīna	مُسْتَحِيلَاتٍ mustaḥīlātin	الْمُسْتَحِيلَاتِ al-mustaḥīlāti
Genitive	مُسْتَحِيلِينَ mustaḥīlīna	الْمُسْتَحِيلِينَ al-mustaḥīlīna	مُسْتَحِيلَاتٍ mustaḥīlātin	الْمُسْتَحِيلَاتِ al-mustaḥīlāti

Descendants

→ Malay: mustahil
- Indonesian: mustahil

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مستحيل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Malay

Adjective

مستحيل

Jawi spelling of mustahil.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح و ل
7 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُسْتَحِيل (mustaḥīl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mus.ta.ħiːl/, [mʊs.taˈħiːl]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Adjective

مستحيل • (mustaḥīl) (feminine مستحيلة (mustaḥīle))

impossible
Antonyms: ممكن (mumken), جائز (jāʔez)

Interjection

مستحيل • (mustaḥīl)

no way!

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