سهل ممتنع

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Arabic

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Adjective

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سَهْل مُمْتَنِع (sahl mumtaniʕ)

  1. difficult or complicated (of thing, concept, or task) while looking easy to comprehend, do, or imitate at first sight

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَهْل مُمْتَنِع (sahl mumtaniʕ).

Adjective

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سهل ممتنع (sahl-e momtane') (comparative سهل ممتنع‌تَر (sahl-e momtane'-tar), superlative سهل ممتنع‌تَرین (sahl-e momtane'-tarin))

  1. Difficult or complicated (of thing, concept, or task) while looking easy to comprehend, do, or imitate at first sight.
    بادگیر عنصری سهل ممتنع در معماری ایرانی است.
    The windcatcher is a sahl-e-momtane element in Persian architecture.

Noun

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سهل ممتنع (sahl-e momtane')

  1. Something that looks simple or easy, but difficult to imitate.
    1. (poetry) A poem, verse, or literary work with inimitable simplicity, something that uses easy language, but is difficult to imitate; sahl-e-momtane', sahl-i-mumtani', sahl-e-mumtani', sahl-u-mumtani'.
      ویژگی اصلی شعر سعدی سهل ممتنع بودن آن است.
      The main feature of the poetry of Saadi is its inimitable simplicity.