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تَمْثِيل
acting (dramatic performance) /tamˈθiːl/
nounB1#2227 most common
Also: representation, portrayal, imitation
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ التَّمْثيلَ.
I like acting.
التَّمْثيلُ في المَسْرَحِ صَعْبٌ.
Acting in the theater is hard.
دَرَسَ فَنَّ التَّمْثيلِ في الجامِعَةِ.
He studied the art of acting at university.
نالَتِ المُمَثِّلَةُ جائِزَةً عَنْ تَمْثيلِها في الفيلْمِ.
The actress won a prize for her acting in the film.
يَطْلُبُ الحِزْبُ تَمْثيلاً أَكْبَرَ لِلْأَقَلِّياتِ في البَرْلَمانِ.
The party demands greater representation for minorities in parliament.
لا يُعَدُّ تَمْثيلُ الواقِعِ على الخَشَبَةِ نَقْلاً حَرْفِيّاً لَهُ، بَلْ إِعادَةَ تَشْكيلٍ لَهُ.
Representing reality on the stage is not a literal transcription of it, but a reshaping of it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَمْثيلٌ | تَمْثيلاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَمْثيلٍ | تَمْثيلاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَمْثيلاً | تَمْثيلاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تَمْثيلُ | يا تَمْثيلاتُ |
Word family
مَثَّلَto act, to represent
مُمَثِّلactor, representative
مِثْلlike, similar toمَثَلproverb, exampleتِمْثالstatueEtymology
The word is the verbal noun of the Form II verb مَثَّلَ, "to make like, to represent, to act." It derives from the triliteral root م-ث-ل, which carries the sense of likeness and similarity. The theatrical meaning grows from the idea of one person standing in the likeness of another. The same root gives مِثْل ("like") and مَثَل ("proverb").
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