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م-ث-ل

The Arabic root م-ث-ل (m-th-l)

Form I verb مَثَلَ: to attribute

27 words in the dictionary are built from م-ث-ل, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, V, VI, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Noun
something similar
Noun
likeness
Verb · Form II
to portray
Noun
resemblance
Adjective
typical
Adjective
more perfect
Noun
representation

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

مَثَلَ · present يَمْثُلُ
Form I · The plain action

to attribute,; to resemble, to look like; to imitate, to copy

مُثُول
Verbal noun
مَاثِل
Active participle
مَمْثُول
Passive participle
مَثَّلَ · present يُمَثِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to portray, to play, to present; to represent, to stand for, to be exemplary for, to account for; to make to resemble, to make to look like

Verbal noun
representation
تِمْثَال
Verbal noun
sculpture
تَمْثَال
Verbal noun
Active participle
actor
مُمَثَّل
Passive participle
مُمَثِّلَة
Derived noun
female equivalent of مُمَثِّل :
مَاثَلَ · present يُمَاثِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to resemble, to look like, to be similar; to correspond, to be analogous; to compare, to liken

Verbal noun
resemblance
مُمَاثَلَة
Verbal noun
مُمَاثِل
Active participle
similar
مُمَاثَل
Passive participle
تَمَثَّلَ · present يَتَمَثَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to make oneself similar, to assimilate oneself; to become similar, to become analogous; to take after, to follow

تَمَثُّل
Verbal noun
مُتَمَثِّل
Active participle
مُتَمَثَّل
Passive participle
تَمَاثَلَ · present يَتَمَاثَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to resemble each other, to be alike, to go together, to agree, to match; to recover

تَمَاثُل
Verbal noun
مُتَمَاثِل
Active participle
alike
مُتَمَاثَل
Passive participle
اِمْتَثَلَ · present يَمْتَثِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to take as an example, to imitate, to copy, to follow; to submit, to obey

اِمْتِثَال
Verbal noun
compliance
مُمْتَثِل
Active participle
مُمْتَثَل
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
something similar
Noun
likeness
Adjective
typical
Adjective
more perfect
مَثِيل
Adjective
like
مَثِيل
Noun
equal
تَمْثِيلِيّ
Adjective
representational
مِثْلِيّ
Noun
an equivalent
مَثَلًا
Adverb
for example
اِسْتِمْثَال
Noun
mathematical optimization
أُمْثُولَة
Noun
example
مِثْلِيَّة جِنْسِيّة
Noun
homosexuality
مِثْلِيّ الْجِنْس
Noun
a homosexual

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