م ث ل

م ث ل • (m-ṯ-l)

1. forms words relating to similarity, resemblance, assimilation, imitation

• Form I: مَثَلَ‎ (maṯala, “to resemble, be or look like, imitate, copy, compare, represent, appear, stand erect”)
  • Verbal noun: مُثُول‎ (muṯūl, “standing erect, appearance, presentation, audience”)
  • Active participle: مَاثِل‎ (māṯil, “standing forth, placed, displayed, appearing”)
  • Passive participle: مَمْثُول‎ (mamṯūl)
• Form II: مَثَّلَ‎ (maṯṯala, “to make something like something else, to make similar, make analogous, to assimilate (biologically), to give as an example, exemplify, use as a simile, compare, depict, describe, portray, act on stage or screen, play a part, perform, make an example of”)
  • Verbal noun: تَمْثِيل‎ (tamṯīl, “exemplification, comparison, assimilation, portrayal, depiction, description, acting, playing, performance, exemplary punishment”)
  • Active participle: مُمَثِّل‎ (mumaṯṯil, “representing, representative, representational; deputy, performer, actor, comedian”)
  • Passive participle: مُمَثَّل‎ (mumaṯṯal, “depicted, portrayed, represented, assimilated (biologically)”)
• Form III: مَاثَلَ‎ (māṯala, “to resemble, be or look like, become like or similar, take after, take the shape of, absorb, imitate, imagine, quote as an example, cite, personify, typify, stand erect before”)
  • Verbal noun: مُمَاثَلَة‎ (mumāṯala), مِثَال‎ (miṯāl)
  • Active participle: مُمَاثِل‎ (mumāṯil)
  • Passive participle: مُمَاثَل‎ (mumāṯal)
• Form V: تَمَثَّلَ‎ (tamaṯṯala)
  • Verbal noun: تَمَثُّل‎ (tamaṯṯul)
  • Active participle: مُتَمَثِّل‎ (mutamaṯṯil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَمَثَّل‎ (mutamaṯṯal)
• Form VI: تَمَاثَلَ‎ (tamāṯala)
  • Verbal noun: تَمَاثُل‎ (tamāṯul)
  • Active participle: مُتَمَاثِل‎ (mutamāṯil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَمَاثَل‎ (mutamāṯal)
• Form VIII: اِمْتَثَلَ‎ (imtaṯala)
  • Verbal noun: اِمْتِثَال‎ (imtiṯāl)
  • Active participle: مُمْتَثِل‎ (mumtaṯil)
  • Passive participle: مُمْتَثَل‎ (mumtaṯal)

• مِثْل‎ (miṯl, “similar”), أَمْثَال‎ (ʾamṯāl)
  • مِثْلَ‎ (miṯla, “just as”, preposition)
    • مِثْلَمَا‎ (miṯlamā, “as”, conjunction)
  • مِثْلِيّ‎ (miṯliyy, “replaceable”)
  • مِثْلِيَّة‎ (miṯliyya)
• مِثَال‎ (miṯāl, “model”), أَمْثِلَة‎ (ʾamṯila)
• مِثَالِيّ‎ (miṯāliyy, “allegoric, ideal”)
• مِثَالِيَّة‎ (miṯāliyya, “idealism”)
• مَثَّال‎ (maṯṯāl, “sculptor”), مَثَّالُون‎ (maṯṯālūn)
• مَثَالَة‎ (maṯāla, “exemplariness”)
• مَثِيل‎ (maṯīl, “like, similar, analogous; equal”)
  • أَمْثَل‎ (ʾamṯal, “exemplary”), مُثْلَى‎ (muṯlā)
• مُثُول‎ (muṯūl)
• أُمْثُولَة‎ (ʾumṯūla), أُمْثُولَات‎ (ʾumṯūlāt), أَمَاثِيل‎ (ʾamāṯīl)
• تِمْثَال‎ (timṯāl, “statue”), تَمَاثِيل‎ (tamāṯīl)
• تَمْثِيلِيّ‎ (tamṯīliyy, “theatrical”)
  • تَمْثِيلِيَّة‎ (tamṯīliyya, “play”)
• مَاثِلَة‎ (māṯila, “lamp, chandelier”)
• مُمَثِّلَة‎ (mumaṯṯila, “actress”)
• مُمَثِّلِيَّة‎ (mumaṯṯiliyya, “representation”)

Wehr, Hans (1979), “مثل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN