ArabicGenius عَبْقَرِيُّ العَرَبِيَّةِ
māthala

resemble, correspond to

ماثَلَ

Word

Verb · Form III

Root

م ث ل

Forms

Present
يُماثِلُ
Verbal nouns
مِثال، مَثّال

In the library

وأسواقها مسقفة بالخشب، فأهلها دائماً في ظل ممدود وقيساريتها لا تماثل حسناً وكبراً، وهي تحيط بمسجدها وكل سماط منها محاذٍ لباب من أبواب المسجد.

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Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ ماثَلَيُماثِلُ—
she هِيَ ماثَلَتتُماثِلُ—
they two (m.) هُما ماثَلايُماثِلانِ—
they two (f.) هُما ماثَلَتاتُماثِلانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ ماثَلُوايُماثِلُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ ماثَلْنَيُماثِلْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ ماثَلْتَتُماثِلُماثِلْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ ماثَلْتِتُماثِلِينَماثِلِي
you two أَنْتُما ماثَلْتُماتُماثِلانِماثِلَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ ماثَلْتُمتُماثِلُونَماثِلُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ ماثَلْتُنَّتُماثِلْنَماثِلْنَ
I أَنا ماثَلْتُأُماثِلُ—
we نَحْنُ ماثَلْنانُماثِلُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • مَثَلَ Form I He stood erect
    aor. , inf. n. مُثُولٌ; (S, M, K, &c.;) and مَثُلَ; (M, K;) He stood erect; (S, M, K, &c.;) بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ before him. (S, &c.) ― -b2- مَثَلَ بِهِ, inf. n. مُثْلَةٌ, He mutilated him; castrated him; namely, a sheep or goat. (TA in art. دجن, from a trad.)
  • مَثَّلَ Form II Open entry
    : see a verse of Kutheiyir in art. رود, conj. 4. ― -b2- مَثَّلَهُ: see شَبَّهَهُ.
  • مَاثَلَهُ Form III Open entry
    i. q. شَابَهَهُ. (TA.)
  • أَمْثَلَهُ Form IV He set it up
    He set it up: from مَثَلَ “ he stood erect. ” ― -b2- He set up a butt or mark: see an ex. voce غَرَضٌ.
  • تَمَثَّلَ بِكَذَا Form V He affected to be like, or imitated, such a thing
    [He affected to be like, or imitated, such a thing;] i. q. تَشَبَّهَ بِهِ. (TA, art. شبه.) ― -b2- تَمَثَّلَ البَيْتَ and [more commonly] بِالبَيْتِ He used, or applied, the verse as a proverb, or proverbially. (MA.) ― -b3- See تَشَبَّهَ.
  • تَمَاثَلَ Form VI He became nearly in a sound, or healthy, state; or near to convalescence
    He became nearly in a sound, or healthy, state; or near to convalescence: (K:) or he became more like the sound, or healthy, than the unsound, or unhealthy, who is suffering from a chronic and pervading disease; (TA;) or so تماثل لِلْبُرْءِ. (M.) Said also of a wound: (T, S in art. دمل:) and of a disease; like أَشْكَلَ. (TA, art. شكل.) ― -b2- تَمَاثَلَا i. q. تَشَابَهَا. (M, K in art. سوى.)
  • اِمْتَثَلَ أَمْرَهُ Form VIII He followed his command, order, bidding, or injunction
    He followed his command, order, bidding, or injunction; did like as he commanded, ordered, &c.; (Mgh;) he obeyed his command, order, &c. (Msb.)
  • مِثْلٌ A like; a similar person or thing; match; fellow; an analogue
    A like; a similar person or thing; match; fellow; an analogue. (K, &c.) See نِدٌّ and voce بَدَلٌ. ― -b2- A likeness, resemblance, or semblance; see شَبَهٌ. ― -b3- An equivalent; a requital. ― -b4- مِثْلَ, used as a denotative of state, means Like. Ex. مَرَّ مِثْلَ البَرْقِ He passed like the lightning. See an ex. in the Kur li. 23; and another, from Sakhr-el-Gheí, voce فَرْضٌ.
  • مَثَلٌ A description, condition, state, case
    i. q. صِفَةٌ [as meaning A description, condition, state, case, &c.]; (S, K, &c.;) or وَصْفٌ [meaning the same]: (Msb:) or this is a mistake: (Mbr, AAF, TA:) or it may be a tropical signification: (MF, TA:) for in the language of the Arabs it means a description by way of comparison: (AAF, TA:) you say مثل زيد مثل فلان [The description of Zeyd, by way of comparison, or the condition, &c., is that of such a one]: it is from المِثاَلُ and الحَذْوُ: (Mbr, TA:) it is metaphorically applied to a condition, state, or case, that is important, strange, or wonderful. (Ksh, Bd in ii. 16.) The phrase here given is more literally, and better, rendered, The similitude of Zeyd is the similitude, or is that, of such a one; for a similitude is a description by way of comparison. ― -b2- You say also, جَعَلَهُ مَثَلًا لِكَذَا [He made it (an expression or the like) to be descriptive, by way of comparison, of such a thing]. (TA passim.) [And مَثَلٌ لِكَذَا means An expression denoting, by way of similitude, such a thing.] ― -b3- عَلَى المَثَلِ As indicative of resemblance to something. ― -b4- See بَدَلٌ.
  • مِثَالٌ Quality, made, manner, fashion, and form
    Quality, made, manner, fashion, and form; (Msb;) a model according to which another thing is made or proportioned; a pattern, (مِقْدَارٌ) by which a thing is measured, proportioned, or cut out: (T:) an example of a class of words, of a rule, &c. ― -b2- مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبْقِ مِثاَلٍ [Without there having been any precedent]. (Msb in art. قرح, &c.) ― -b3- [A bed:] بَناَتُ المِثَالِ The daughters of the bed; meaning women. (T in art. بنى.)
  • جَوْزُ مَاثِلٍ Open entry
    : see جَوْزٌ.
  • تَمَاثِيلُ Open entry
    , in the following hemistich of Ibn-Ahmar, " تَمَاثِيلُ قِرْطَاسٍ عَلَى هَبْهَبِيَّةٍ " signifies كُتُبٌ يَكْتُبُونَهَا. (L, in TA, voce هَبْهَبِىٌّ, as signifying a “ light, or active, ” camel.)

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