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مُتَشابِه
similar /muˈtaʃaːbih/
adjectiveB2#3150 most common
Also: resembling, alike, ambiguous (of scripture)
Example sentences
هذان الكتابان متشابهان.
These two books are similar.
ألوان الفستانين متشابهة جدا.
The colors of the two dresses are very similar.
الأخوان متشابهان في الشكل لكن مختلفان في الطباع.
The two brothers are similar in appearance but different in character.
تحتوي اللغتان على كلمات متشابهة في اللفظ ولكنها مختلفة في المعنى.
The two languages contain words similar in pronunciation but different in meaning.
في القرآن آيات محكمات وأخرى متشابهات تحتاج إلى تفسير.
The Quran has verses that are clear and others that are ambiguous and need interpretation.
يميل الباحثون إلى تصنيف الأنماط المتشابهة ضمن فئة واحدة رغم اختلاف تفاصيلها الدقيقة.
Researchers tend to group similar patterns into one category despite differences in their fine details.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُتَشابِهٌ | مُتَشابِهُونَ |
| Genitive | مُتَشابِهٍ | مُتَشابِهِينَ |
| Accusative | مُتَشابِهًا | مُتَشابِهِينَ |
| Vocative | مُتَشابِهُ | مُتَشابِهُونَ |
Word family
تَشابَهَto resemble one another
تَشابُهresemblance, similarity
شَبِيهsimilar, a look-alikeشِبْهsemblance, quasi-شَبَهresemblance, likeness
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ش-ب-ه, which carries the sense of resemblance in Arabic. Form VI, تفاعل, marks reciprocal action, so the verb تشابه means two things resembling each other. مُتَشابِه is the active participle of that verb, so it literally names a thing that resembles, or is resembled by, something else. Arabic belongs to the Semitic family, not the Indo-European one, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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