معْقول (ma3'ul) — "possible; probable, likely" in Levantine Arabic

معْقول

ma3ʔūl

possible; probable, likely

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معْقول in a sentence

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تنهدت بعمق، "يعني معقول هلق كل شي يروح هيك؟"

Tanahhadat bi-'umq, "Ya'ni ma'qul hallaq kull shi yeruh heik?"

She sighed deeply, "I mean, is it possible now for everything to go like this?"

from Layla and the Battle for Reform

شو هالخبرية يا جماعة؟ معقول الحكومة ما عم تتحرك بخصوص مشروع قانون البيئة؟

Shu hal-khabariyye ya jama'a? Ma'qoul el-Hukouma ma 'am tetḥarrak bi-khuṣouṣ mashrou' qanoun el-bī'a?

"What's this news, folks? Is it possible the government isn't moving on the environmental bill?"

from The Stalled Law at Hamra Cafe

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