ممكن

See also: ممکن

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana, to be possible), from the root م ك ن (m-k-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mum.kin/
  • (file)

Adjective

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

  1. possible
    غَيْر مُمْكِنḡayr mumkinimpossible
    مِنَ الْمُمْكِنِ أَنْmina l-mumkini ʔanit's possible that, maybe
    Antonyms: مُسْتَحِيل (mustaḥīl), مُحَال (muḥāl)

Declension

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُمْكِن (mumkin).

Adjective

ممكن (mümkin)

  1. possible, potential

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ك ن

Etymology

From Arabic مُمْكِن (mumkin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mum.kin/, [ˈmʊm.kɪn]
  • (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)
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