Arabic vocabulary
مَحَالَةunavoidable in Arabic
مَحَالَة is how you say “unavoidable” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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