ممكن

See also: ممکن

Arabic

Root
م ك ن (m-k-n)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana, “to be possible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mum.kin/

• Audio

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Adjective

مُمْكِن • (mumkin) (feminine مُمْكِنَة (mumkina), masculine plural مُمْكِنُونَ (mumkinūna), feminine plural مُمْكِنَات (mumkināt))

1. possible

   Antonyms: مُسْتَحِيل (mustaḥīl), مُحَال (muḥāl)

   غَيْر مُمْكِن ― ḡayr mumkin ― impossible

   مِنَ الْمُمْكِنِ أَنْ ― mina l-mumkini ʔan ― it's possible that, maybe

   فِي هَذِهِ الظُّرُوف، مِن الْمُمْكِن أَن نَتَأَخَّر قَلِيلًا.

   fī haḏihi ẓ-ẓurūf, min al-mumkin ʔan nataʔaḵḵar qalīlan.

   In these circumstances, it is possible that we may be a little late.

Declension

Declension of adjective مُمْكِن (mumkin)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُمْكِن mumkin	الْمُمْكِن al-mumkin	مُمْكِنَة mumkina	الْمُمْكِنَة al-mumkina
Nominative	مُمْكِنٌ mumkinun	الْمُمْكِنُ al-mumkinu	مُمْكِنَةٌ mumkinatun	الْمُمْكِنَةُ al-mumkinatu
Accusative	مُمْكِنًا mumkinan	الْمُمْكِنَ al-mumkina	مُمْكِنَةً mumkinatan	الْمُمْكِنَةَ al-mumkinata
Genitive	مُمْكِنٍ mumkinin	الْمُمْكِنِ al-mumkini	مُمْكِنَةٍ mumkinatin	الْمُمْكِنَةِ al-mumkinati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُمْكِنَيْن mumkinayn	الْمُمْكِنَيْن al-mumkinayn	مُمْكِنَتَيْن mumkinatayn	الْمُمْكِنَتَيْن al-mumkinatayn
Nominative	مُمْكِنَانِ mumkināni	الْمُمْكِنَانِ al-mumkināni	مُمْكِنَتَانِ mumkinatāni	الْمُمْكِنَتَانِ al-mumkinatāni
Accusative	مُمْكِنَيْنِ mumkinayni	الْمُمْكِنَيْنِ al-mumkinayni	مُمْكِنَتَيْنِ mumkinatayni	الْمُمْكِنَتَيْنِ al-mumkinatayni
Genitive	مُمْكِنَيْنِ mumkinayni	الْمُمْكِنَيْنِ al-mumkinayni	مُمْكِنَتَيْنِ mumkinatayni	الْمُمْكِنَتَيْنِ al-mumkinatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُمْكِنِين mumkinīn	الْمُمْكِنِين al-mumkinīn	مُمْكِنَات mumkināt	الْمُمْكِنَات al-mumkināt
Nominative	مُمْكِنُونَ mumkinūna	الْمُمْكِنُونَ al-mumkinūna	مُمْكِنَاتٌ mumkinātun	الْمُمْكِنَاتُ al-mumkinātu
Accusative	مُمْكِنِينَ mumkinīna	الْمُمْكِنِينَ al-mumkinīna	مُمْكِنَاتٍ mumkinātin	الْمُمْكِنَاتِ al-mumkināti
Genitive	مُمْكِنِينَ mumkinīna	الْمُمْكِنِينَ al-mumkinīna	مُمْكِنَاتٍ mumkinātin	الْمُمْكِنَاتِ al-mumkināti

Descendants

• → Malay: mungkin
  • Indonesian: mungkin
• → Ottoman Turkish: ممكن (mümkin)
  • Turkish: mümkün
  • → Armenian: (Constantinople) միւմքիւն (miwmkʻiwn), (Van) մո̈ւք^յո̈ւն (mükʻ^yün)
• → Persian: ممکن
  • → Azerbaijani: mümkün
  • → Bashkir: мөмкин (mömkin)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मुमकिन (mumkin)

    Urdu: مُمْکِن (mumkin)

  • → Kazakh: мүмкін (mümkın)
  • → Kyrgyz: мүмкүн (mümkün)
  • → Tatar: мөмкин (mömkin)
  • → Uzbek: mumkin
  • → Yagnobi: мумкин (mumkin)
• → Turkmen: mümkin

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُمْكِن (mumkin).

Adjective

ممكن • (mümkin)

1. possible, potential

   Synonyms: اولاسی (olası), محتمل (muhtemel)

Derived terms

• ممكن اولمق (mümkin olmak)
• ممكن مرتبه (mümkin mertebe)
• ممكن الحصول (mümkinü'l-husûl)
• غیر ممكن (gayr-i mümkin)

Descendants

• Turkish: mümkün
• → Armenian: (Constantinople) միւմքիւն (miwmkʻiwn), (Van) մո̈ւք^յո̈ւն (mükʻ^yün)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ممكن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1980

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ك ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُمْكِن (mumkin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mum.kin/, [ˈmʊm.kɪn]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Adjective

ممكن • (mumken) (feminine ممكنة (mumkine))

1. possible

   Synonym: جائز (jāʔez)

   Antonym: مستحيل (mustaḥīl)

2. (by extension) -able

   هادا ممكن نقله

   hāda mumken naʔlo

   It's portable.

   (literally, “Its movement is possible.”)

Adverb

ممكن • (mumken)

1. can, may

   Synonyms: زبط (ẓabaṭ), نفع (nafaʕ)

   ممكن آجي بكرة؟

   mumken ʔāji bukra

   Can I come tomorrow?

See also

• يمكن (yimken, “maybe, perhaps”)