محتمل

Arabic

Root
ح م ل (ḥ-m-l)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala, “to imply that something is possible”) (in the passive يُحْتَمَلُ (yuḥtamalu, “it is possible”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muħ.ta.mal/

Adjective

مُحْتَمَل • (muḥtamal) (feminine مُحْتَمَلَة (muḥtamala), masculine plural مُحْتَمَلُونَ (muḥtamalūna), feminine plural مُحْتَمَلَات (muḥtamalāt))

1. possible, probable

Declension

Declension of adjective مُحْتَمَل (muḥtamal)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحْتَمَل muḥtamal	الْمُحْتَمَل al-muḥtamal	مُحْتَمَلَة muḥtamala	الْمُحْتَمَلَة al-muḥtamala
Nominative	مُحْتَمَلٌ muḥtamalun	الْمُحْتَمَلُ al-muḥtamalu	مُحْتَمَلَةٌ muḥtamalatun	الْمُحْتَمَلَةُ al-muḥtamalatu
Accusative	مُحْتَمَلًا muḥtamalan	الْمُحْتَمَلَ al-muḥtamala	مُحْتَمَلَةً muḥtamalatan	الْمُحْتَمَلَةَ al-muḥtamalata
Genitive	مُحْتَمَلٍ muḥtamalin	الْمُحْتَمَلِ al-muḥtamali	مُحْتَمَلَةٍ muḥtamalatin	الْمُحْتَمَلَةِ al-muḥtamalati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحْتَمَلَيْن muḥtamalayn	الْمُحْتَمَلَيْن al-muḥtamalayn	مُحْتَمَلَتَيْن muḥtamalatayn	الْمُحْتَمَلَتَيْن al-muḥtamalatayn
Nominative	مُحْتَمَلَانِ muḥtamalāni	الْمُحْتَمَلَانِ al-muḥtamalāni	مُحْتَمَلَتَانِ muḥtamalatāni	الْمُحْتَمَلَتَانِ al-muḥtamalatāni
Accusative	مُحْتَمَلَيْنِ muḥtamalayni	الْمُحْتَمَلَيْنِ al-muḥtamalayni	مُحْتَمَلَتَيْنِ muḥtamalatayni	الْمُحْتَمَلَتَيْنِ al-muḥtamalatayni
Genitive	مُحْتَمَلَيْنِ muḥtamalayni	الْمُحْتَمَلَيْنِ al-muḥtamalayni	مُحْتَمَلَتَيْنِ muḥtamalatayni	الْمُحْتَمَلَتَيْنِ al-muḥtamalatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُحْتَمَلِين muḥtamalīn	الْمُحْتَمَلِين al-muḥtamalīn	مُحْتَمَلَات muḥtamalāt	الْمُحْتَمَلَات al-muḥtamalāt
Nominative	مُحْتَمَلُونَ muḥtamalūna	الْمُحْتَمَلُونَ al-muḥtamalūna	مُحْتَمَلَاتٌ muḥtamalātun	الْمُحْتَمَلَاتُ al-muḥtamalātu
Accusative	مُحْتَمَلِينَ muḥtamalīna	الْمُحْتَمَلِينَ al-muḥtamalīna	مُحْتَمَلَاتٍ muḥtamalātin	الْمُحْتَمَلَاتِ al-muḥtamalāti
Genitive	مُحْتَمَلِينَ muḥtamalīna	الْمُحْتَمَلِينَ al-muḥtamalīna	مُحْتَمَلَاتٍ muḥtamalātin	الْمُحْتَمَلَاتِ al-muḥtamalāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: möhtəməl
• → Persian: محتمل
  • → Urdu: محتمل
• → Ottoman Turkish: محتمل (muhtemel)
  • Turkish: muhtemel

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُحْتَمَل (muḥtamal).

Adjective

محتمل • (muhtemil, muhtemel)

1. possible, probable

   Synonyms: اولاسی (olası), ممكن (mümkün)

Related terms

• محتملات (muhtemilat, muhtemelat, “possibilities”)

Descendants

• Turkish: muhtemel

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محتمل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1127a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محتمل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1759
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “muhtemel”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN