Arabic edit

Root
ح و ل (ḥ-w-l)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

اِسْتَحَالَ (istaḥāla) X, non-past يَسْتَحِيلُ‎ (yastaḥīlu)

  1. to be impossible
  2. (intransitive or copulative) to change into, to turn into, to become ([+ إِلَى (object) = to] or copulative)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار
    اِسْتَحَالَ الْمَاءُ جَلِيدًا
    istaḥāla l-māʔu jalīdan
    The water turned into ice.
    • 1945, Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      لُغْزُ الْحَيَاةِ وَحَيْرَةُ الْأَلْبَابِ / أَنْ يَسْتَحِيلَ الْفِكْرُ مَحْضَ تُرَابِ
      luḡzu l-ḥayāti waḥayratu l-ʔalbābi / ʔan yastaḥīla l-fikru maḥḍa turābi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to switch, to change, to pass on (from something to something else)
  4. (Christianity) to be transubstantiated (to become the blood and body of Christ)

Conjugation edit