Arabic vocabulary
مَحَالَةunavoidable
How to say “unavoidable” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فإن كان لا محالة، فثلث لطعامه، وثلث لشرابه، وثلث لنفسه
If it is unavoidable, then a third for his food, a third for his drink, and a third for his breath.
مَحَالَةَ — unavoidable. This noun completes the 'no escape' expression; its object-style ending belongs to that fixed negation pattern, where the negated noun takes this case. Together they mean the eating cannot be avoided.
From: The One-Third Rule →
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