استحال
Root: حول
Form: 10
Full Definition
2 Also It became مُحَال [i. e. absurd, inconsistent, selfcontradictory, unreal, or impossible].
def.2 استحالهُ He looked at it, namely, a شَخْص [i. e. a man, or person, or the figure of a thing seen at a distance], to see if it moved: as though he sought, or desired, its motion and change. 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].
2 He reckoned it مُحَال [i. e. absurd, inconsistent, &c.: see above].
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