استحال

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح و ل (ḥ-w-l).

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. to be impossible
  2. (intransitive or copulative) to change into, to turn into, to become (Template:+preo or copulative)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار
    اِسْتَحَالَ الْمَاءُ جَلِيدًا
    istaḥāla l-māʔu jalīdan
    The water turned into ice.
    • 1945, Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri
      لُغْزُ الْحَيَاةِ وَحَيْرَةُ الْأَلْبَابِ / أَنْ يَسْتَحِيلَ الْفِكْرُ مَحْضَ تُرَابِ
      luḡzu l-ḥayāti waḥayratu l-ʔalbābi / ʔan yastaḥīla l-fikru maḥḍa turābi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  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)

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