مُحَالٌ
Root: حول
Full Definition
مُحَالٌ
; and مُحَالٌ عَلَيْهِ; and مُحَالٌ بِهِ: see 4, in the latter half of the paragraph.
2 مُحَالٌ also signifies [Absurd; inconsistent; self-contradictory;] comprising two contradictories; as when one speaks of one body in two places in one case [or time]: that cannot be conceived as existing in reality: i. q. بَاطِلٌ [as meaning untrue, or unreal]; impossible; that cannot be: perverted; turned from its proper way or manner of being; applied to speech; as also مُسْتَحِيلٌ .
2 مُحَالٌ also signifies [Absurd; inconsistent; self-contradictory;] comprising two contradictories; as when one speaks of one body in two places in one case [or time]: that cannot be conceived as existing in reality: i. q. بَاطِلٌ [as meaning untrue, or unreal]; impossible; that cannot be: perverted; turned from its proper way or manner of being; applied to speech; as also مُسْتَحِيلٌ .
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