مُثُول
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Also written مثل: مِثْل (something similar) · مَثَّلَ (to portray)
Highlights
Plural
أَمْثَال
Most common words from the same root
مَثَل in English
Noun · masculine
- likeness
- metaphor, simile, parable
- proverb, adage
- example
- lesson
- ideal, model
Word origin
Cognate with Hebrew מָשָׁל (mashál, “proverb, allegory”).
Words from the root م-ث-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
مَثَلَ
· present يَمْثُلُ
Form I · The plain action
to attribute,; to resemble, to look like; to imitate, to copy
مَاثِل
مَمْثُول
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
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
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
مُتَمَثِّل
مُتَمَثَّل
تَمَاثَلَ
· present يَتَمَاثَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to resemble each other, to be alike, to go together, to agree, to match; to recover
تَمَاثُل
مُتَمَاثِل
alike
مُتَمَاثَل
اِمْتَثَلَ
· present يَمْتَثِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to take as an example, to imitate, to copy, to follow; to submit, to obey
اِمْتِثَال
compliance
مُمْتَثِل
مُمْتَثَل
مَثَل: plural and other forms
| Singular | مَثَل |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَمْثَال |
مَثَل in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
جَعَلْتُ لِبَاسِي مِسْحًا، وَصِرْتُ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً.I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.Psalms 69:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَجَعَلَ يَسُوعُ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَيْضًا بِأَمْثَال قَائِلاً:And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,Matthew 22:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَفْتَحُ بِمَثَل فَمِي. أُذِيعُ أَلْغَازًا مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ.I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:Psalms 78:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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