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مُمَثِّل in English
Noun · masculine
- actor
- representative (in government)
Word origin
Derived from the active participle of مَثَّلَ (maṯṯala, “to represent, portray, to act (on stage, etc.)”). Compare with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܡܡܲܬܠܵܢܵܐ (mmatlānā).
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 →
to attribute,; to resemble, to look like; to imitate, to copy
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
to resemble, to look like, to be similar; to correspond, to be analogous; to compare, to liken
to make oneself similar, to assimilate oneself; to become similar, to become analogous; to take after, to follow
to resemble each other, to be alike, to go together, to agree, to match; to recover
to take as an example, to imitate, to copy, to follow; to submit, to obey
مُمَثِّل: plural and other forms
| Singular | مُمَثِّل |
|---|---|
| Plural | مُمَثِّلُون |
| Feminine | مُمَثِّلَة |
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