سهل ممتنع
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Arabic
[edit]Adjective
[edit]سَهْل مُمْتَنِع • (sahl mumtaniʕ)
- difficult or complicated (of thing, concept, or task) while looking easy to comprehend, do, or imitate at first sight
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- سهل و ممتنع (sahl-o-momtane')
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic سَهْل مُمْتَنِع (sahl mumtaniʕ).
Adjective
[edit]سهل ممتنع • (sahl-e momtane') (comparative سهل ممتنعتَر (sahl-e momtane'-tar), superlative سهل ممتنعتَرین (sahl-e momtane'-tarin))
- 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
[edit]- Something that looks simple or easy, but difficult to imitate.
- (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.
- (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'.