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Root entry · 1 derived lemma10 استحال استحال ٱستحال : see 1, in six places. ― -b2- Also It (speech, or language, S, Msb, or a thing, TA) became مُحَال [i. e. absurd, inconsistent, selfcontradictory, unreal, or impossible ]. (S, Msb, TA.) -A2- استحالهُ He looked at it, (S, M, K,) namely, a شَخْص [i. e. a man, or person, or the figure of a thing seen at a distance], (S,) to see if it moved: (S, M, K:) as though he sought, or desired, its motion and change. (TA.) And استحال الجَهَامَ He looked at [ the waterless clouds, or the clouds that had poured forth their water, to see if they changed or moved ]. (TA.) ― -b2- He reckoned it مُحَال [i. e. absurd, inconsistent, &c.: see above]. (KL.)
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استحالverb
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استحال الجَهَامَ