استحال

Arabic

Root
ح و ل (ḥ w l)
30 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.ta.ħaː.la/

Verb

اِسْتَحَالَ • (istaḥāla) X (non-past يَسْتَحِيلُ (yastaḥīlu), verbal noun اِسْتِحَالَة (istiḥāla))

1. to be impossible [with عَلَى ‘for someone’]
2. to be absurd, to be inconceivable [with عَلَى ‘for someone’]
3. (intransitive or copulative) to change into, to turn into, to become [with إِلَى (ʔilā) or copulative accusative]

   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)

4. to switch, to change, to transform, to be converted [with إِلَى ‘into something else’]
5. (Christianity) to be transubstantiated [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘into the blood and body of Christ’] (of the Eucharist)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of اِسْتَحَالَ (X, hollow, impersonal passive, verbal noun اِسْتِحَالَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						اِسْتِحَالَة istiḥāla
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُسْتَحِيل mustaḥīl
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُسْتَحَال mustaḥāl
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	اِسْتَحَلْتُ istaḥaltu	اِسْتَحَلْتَ istaḥalta	اِسْتَحَالَ istaḥāla		اِسْتَحَلْتُمَا istaḥaltumā	اِسْتَحَالَا istaḥālā		اِسْتَحَلْنَا istaḥalnā	اِسْتَحَلْتُمْ istaḥaltum	اِسْتَحَالُوا istaḥālū
	f		اِسْتَحَلْتِ istaḥalti	اِسْتَحَالَتْ istaḥālat			اِسْتَحَالَتَا istaḥālatā			اِسْتَحَلْتُنَّ istaḥaltunna	اِسْتَحَلْنَ istaḥalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَسْتَحِيلُ ʔastaḥīlu	تَسْتَحِيلُ tastaḥīlu	يَسْتَحِيلُ yastaḥīlu		تَسْتَحِيلَانِ tastaḥīlāni	يَسْتَحِيلَانِ yastaḥīlāni		نَسْتَحِيلُ nastaḥīlu	تَسْتَحِيلُونَ tastaḥīlūna	يَسْتَحِيلُونَ yastaḥīlūna
	f		تَسْتَحِيلِينَ tastaḥīlīna	تَسْتَحِيلُ tastaḥīlu			تَسْتَحِيلَانِ tastaḥīlāni			تَسْتَحِلْنَ tastaḥilna	يَسْتَحِلْنَ yastaḥilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَسْتَحِيلَ ʔastaḥīla	تَسْتَحِيلَ tastaḥīla	يَسْتَحِيلَ yastaḥīla		تَسْتَحِيلَا tastaḥīlā	يَسْتَحِيلَا yastaḥīlā		نَسْتَحِيلَ nastaḥīla	تَسْتَحِيلُوا tastaḥīlū	يَسْتَحِيلُوا yastaḥīlū
	f		تَسْتَحِيلِي tastaḥīlī	تَسْتَحِيلَ tastaḥīla			تَسْتَحِيلَا tastaḥīlā			تَسْتَحِلْنَ tastaḥilna	يَسْتَحِلْنَ yastaḥilna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَسْتَحِلْ ʔastaḥil	تَسْتَحِلْ tastaḥil	يَسْتَحِلْ yastaḥil		تَسْتَحِيلَا tastaḥīlā	يَسْتَحِيلَا yastaḥīlā		نَسْتَحِلْ nastaḥil	تَسْتَحِيلُوا tastaḥīlū	يَسْتَحِيلُوا yastaḥīlū
	f		تَسْتَحِيلِي tastaḥīlī	تَسْتَحِلْ tastaḥil			تَسْتَحِيلَا tastaḥīlā			تَسْتَحِلْنَ tastaḥilna	يَسْتَحِلْنَ yastaḥilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِسْتَحِلْ istaḥil			اِسْتَحِيلَا istaḥīlā				اِسْتَحِيلُوا istaḥīlū
	f		اِسْتَحِيلِي istaḥīlī							اِسْتَحِلْنَ istaḥilna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	اُسْتُحِيلَ ustuḥīla		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُسْتَحَالُ yustaḥālu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُسْتَحَالَ yustaḥāla		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُسْتَحَلْ yustaḥal		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—