استحال

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح و ل (ḥ-w-l).

Verb

اِسْتَحَالَ (istaḥāla) X, non-past يَسْتَحِيلُ‎ (yastaḥīlu)

  1. to be impossible
  2. (intransitive) to change into, to turn into (with إِلَى (ʾilā))
  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
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