مثيل

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Adjective from the root م ث ل (m-ṯ-l).

Adjective

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مَثِيل (maṯīl) (feminine مَثِيلَة (maṯīla))

  1. like, similar, analogous

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Noun

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مَثِيل (maṯīlm (plural مَثِيلَات (maṯīlāt))

  1. equal, match, counterpart; (with following genitive) one's kind
    مَثِيلُهُ، مَثِيلُهَا
    maṯīluhu, maṯīluhā
    his kind, her kind
    لَا مَثِيلٌ لَهُ، لَيْسَ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ
    lā maṯīlun lahu, laysa lahu maṯīlun
    incomparable, matchless, unrivaled, unparallelled (literally, “he has no equal”)

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