محال

See also: مجال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Passive participle of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla).

Adjective

مُحَال • (muḥāl) (feminine مُحَالَة (muḥāla), masculine plural مُحَالُون (muḥālūn), feminine plural مُحَالَات (muḥālāt))

1. impossible

   دَوَامُ ٱلْحَالِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحَالِ ― dawāmu l-ḥāli mina l-muḥāli ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of adjective مُحَال (muḥāl)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحَال muḥāl	الْمُحَال al-muḥāl	مُحَالَة muḥāla	الْمُحَالَة al-muḥāla
Nominative	مُحَالٌ muḥālun	الْمُحَالُ al-muḥālu	مُحَالَةٌ muḥālatun	الْمُحَالَةُ al-muḥālatu
Accusative	مُحَالًا muḥālan	الْمُحَالَ al-muḥāla	مُحَالَةً muḥālatan	الْمُحَالَةَ al-muḥālata
Genitive	مُحَالٍ muḥālin	الْمُحَالِ al-muḥāli	مُحَالَةٍ muḥālatin	الْمُحَالَةِ al-muḥālati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحَالَيْن muḥālayn	الْمُحَالَيْن al-muḥālayn	مُحَالَتَيْن muḥālatayn	الْمُحَالَتَيْن al-muḥālatayn
Nominative	مُحَالَانِ muḥālāni	الْمُحَالَانِ al-muḥālāni	مُحَالَتَانِ muḥālatāni	الْمُحَالَتَانِ al-muḥālatāni
Accusative	مُحَالَيْنِ muḥālayni	الْمُحَالَيْنِ al-muḥālayni	مُحَالَتَيْنِ muḥālatayni	الْمُحَالَتَيْنِ al-muḥālatayni
Genitive	مُحَالَيْنِ muḥālayni	الْمُحَالَيْنِ al-muḥālayni	مُحَالَتَيْنِ muḥālatayni	الْمُحَالَتَيْنِ al-muḥālatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحَالِين muḥālīn	الْمُحَالِين al-muḥālīn	مُحَالَات muḥālāt	الْمُحَالَات al-muḥālāt
Nominative	مُحَالُونَ muḥālūna	الْمُحَالُونَ al-muḥālūna	مُحَالَاتٌ muḥālātun	الْمُحَالَاتُ al-muḥālātu
Accusative	مُحَالِينَ muḥālīna	الْمُحَالِينَ al-muḥālīna	مُحَالَاتٍ muḥālātin	الْمُحَالَاتِ al-muḥālāti
Genitive	مُحَالِينَ muḥālīna	الْمُحَالِينَ al-muḥālīna	مُحَالَاتٍ muḥālātin	الْمُحَالَاتِ al-muḥālāti

Etymology 2

Noun

مَحَالّ • (maḥāll) pl

1. plural of مَحَلّ (maḥall)

Etymology 3

Noun

مَحَال • (maḥāl) m

1. Alternative form of مُحْل (muḥl, “block and tackle”)

Declension

Declension of noun مَحَال (maḥāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحَال maḥāl	الْمَحَال al-maḥāl	مَحَال maḥāl
Nominative	مَحَالٌ maḥālun	الْمَحَالُ al-maḥālu	مَحَالُ maḥālu
Accusative	مَحَالًا maḥālan	الْمَحَالَ al-maḥāla	مَحَالَ maḥāla
Genitive	مَحَالٍ maḥālin	الْمَحَالِ al-maḥāli	مَحَالِ maḥāli

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَال (muḥāl, “impossible”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ˈhɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɦɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	muhāl
Dari reading?	mohāl
Iranian reading?	mohâl
Tajik reading?	muhol

Adjective

محال • (mohâl) (comparative محال‌تَر (mohâl-tar), superlative محال‌تَرین (mohâl-tarin))

1. impossible

   Synonym: غیر ممکن

   Antonym: ممکن (momken)

   • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name), Luke 18:27:

     عیسی پاسخ داد: «آنچه نزد مردم محال است، نزد خدا ممکن است.»

     Jesus answered: “The things impossible with men are possible with God.”

Inflection

Predicative forms of محال (mohâl)
	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	محالم (mohâlam)	محالیم (mohâlim)
2nd person (“you are”)	محالی (mohâli)	محالید (mohâlid) محالین △ (mohâlin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	محال است (mohâl ast) محاله △ (mohâle)	محالند (mohâland) محالن △ (mohâlan)
△ Colloquial.