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تِمْثال
statue /tɪmˈθaːl/
nounB1#2623 most common
Also: sculpture, figurine, effigy
Example sentences
هذا تمثال جميل.
This is a beautiful statue.
رأيتُ تمثالاً كبيراً في الحديقة.
I saw a big statue in the garden.
يقف التمثال في وسط الميدان منذ سنوات طويلة.
The statue has stood in the middle of the square for many years.
نحت الفنان هذا التمثال من قطعة رخام واحدة.
The artist carved this statue from a single block of marble.
أثارت إزالة التمثال التاريخي جدلاً واسعاً بين المؤرخين والسكان المحليين.
The removal of the historic statue sparked wide controversy among historians and local residents.
تحتفظ المتاحف الأثرية بتماثيل نادرة تعود إلى حضارات ما قبل الميلاد، وتُعدّ شاهدة على تطور الفن النحتي عبر العصور.
Archaeological museums hold rare statues dating back to pre-Christian civilizations, seen as witnesses to the evolution of sculpture through the ages.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تِمْثَالٌ | تَمَاثِيلُ |
| Genitive | تِمْثَالٍ | تَمَاثِيلَ |
| Accusative | تِمْثَالًا | تَمَاثِيلَ |
| Vocative | يا تِمْثَالُ | يا تَمَاثِيلُ |
Word family
مَثَلproverb, example
مَثَّلَto represent, to act (a role)
مُمَثِّلactor, representative
تَمْثِيلrepresentation, acting, performanceتَمَاثَلَto resemble one another
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root م-ث-ل (m-th-l), which carries the sense of likeness or resemblance. The noun pattern تِفْعال (tifʿāl) turns this root into a word for an object made to resemble something, hence a statue. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European ancestry and no PIE root.
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