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مِثْل
like; similar to /ˈmiθl/
nounA1#89 most common
Also: the like of, equivalent, the same as
Example sentences
أَنْتَ مِثْلُ أَخِي.
You are like my brother.
أُرِيدُ هَاتِفًا مِثْلَ هَاتِفِكَ.
I want a phone like yours.
لَيْسَ هُنَاكَ مَدِينَةٌ مِثْلُ القَاهِرَةِ.
There is no city like Cairo.
تَصَرَّفَ مِثْلَ طِفْلٍ صَغِيرٍ عِنْدَمَا غَضِبَ.
He behaved like a small child when he got angry.
مِثْلُ هَذِهِ الفُرَصِ لَا تَتَكَرَّرُ كَثِيرًا فِي الحَيَاةِ.
Opportunities like these do not come around often in life.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ أَحَدٌ فِي الفَصَاحَةِ وَالبَيَانِ.
There is none like him in eloquence and clarity of expression.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مِثْلٌ | أَمْثَالٌ |
| Genitive | مِثْلٍ | أَمْثَالٍ |
| Accusative | مِثْلًا | أَمْثَالًا |
| Vocative | يَا مِثْلُ | يَا أَمْثَالُ |
Word family
مَثَلproverb, example
مِثَالexample, model
مُمَثِّلactor; representative
تَمْثِيلrepresentation; actingمُمَاثِلsimilar, analogous
Etymology
مِثْل derives from the common Semitic root م-ث-ل (m-th-l), conveying likeness, resemblance, and standing as an example. The same root yields مَثَل ('proverb, parable') and مِثَال ('model, example'), reflecting how an example is something 'made to resemble' the thing it illustrates. The basic noun follows the فِعْل verbal-noun pattern, literally 'a like / likeness'.
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