استحال

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح و ل (ḥ-w-l).

Verb

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  1. to be impossible
  2. (intransitive or copulative) to change into, to turn into, to become (with إِلَى (ʔilā) or copulative)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار
    اِسْتَحَالَ الْمَاءُ جَلِيدًا
    istaḥāla l-māʔu jalīdan
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. to switch, to change, to pass on (from something to something else)
  4. (Christianity) to be transubstantiated (to become the blood and body of Christ)
Conjugation