mosta7il مستحيل
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mosta7il” (مستحيل) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning impossible.
Meanings
- impossible
- no way!, never!
Usage
Mosta7il describes what cannot be done or cannot happen. It is also used alone, as an exclamation of refusal or disbelief: "Mosta7il!" (No way! / I can't believe it!). The word comes from Standard Arabic, but it is perfectly common in speech, in all registers. It can be reinforced with "mosta7il, jemla" or "mosta7il mosta7il". To say simply that something doesn't work, the more informal "ma ymchich" or "ma fammech" is used.
Example
مستحيل هههه كان فال حلم هههه
Mosta7il HH kan fil 7ilem HH
“Impossible, haha, only in a dream, haha.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mosta7il” but also “mousta7il”, “mosta7el”, “mustahil” and “mostahil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “mosta7il” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “impossible”; “out of the question”: mosta7il in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “impossible, unfeasible”; “no way, out of the question”: mosta7il in Algerian.