Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From حَالَ (ḥāla, to intervene, to interfere), from the root ح و ل (ḥ-w-l).

Noun edit

مَحَالَة (maḥālaf (plural مَحَالَات (maḥālāt) or مَحَاوِل (maḥāwil))

  1. means of escape, avoiding
    هُوَ آتٍ لَا مَحَالَةَ.
    huwa ʔātin lā maḥālata.
    He shall come inevitably.
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

مَحَالَة (maḥālaf

  1. Alternative form of مُحْل (muḥl, block and tackle)
    • 2006 April 15, “المحالة”, in Ar-Riyāḍ[1]:
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

مَحَالَة (maḥālaf

  1. verbal noun of مَحُلَ (maḥula, to be barren)
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