أمثل
See also: امثل
Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Elative from the root م ث ل (m-ṯ-l); compare مَثَل (maṯal, “example, model, ideal”).
Adjective
[edit]أَمْثَل • (ʔamṯal) (feminine مُثْلَى (muṯlā), masculine plural أَمَثَلُونَ (ʔamaṯalūna), feminine plural مُثْلَيَات (muṯlayāt))
- more perfect, more ideal; most perfect, most ideal
- more or most like the original or model
- ideal
- exemplary
Declension
[edit]Declension of adjective أَمْثَل (ʔamṯal)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَمْثَل ʔamṯal |
الْأَمْثَل al-ʔamṯal |
مُثْلَى muṯlā |
الْمُثْلَى al-muṯlā |
Nominative | أَمْثَلُ ʔamṯalu |
الْأَمْثَلُ al-ʔamṯalu |
مُثْلَى muṯlā |
الْمُثْلَى al-muṯlā |
Accusative | أَمْثَلَ ʔamṯala |
الْأَمْثَلَ al-ʔamṯala |
مُثْلَى muṯlā |
الْمُثْلَى al-muṯlā |
Genitive | أَمْثَلَ ʔamṯala |
الْأَمْثَلِ al-ʔamṯali |
مُثْلَى muṯlā |
الْمُثْلَى al-muṯlā |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَمْثَلَيْن ʔamṯalayn |
الْأَمْثَلَيْن al-ʔamṯalayn |
مُثْلَيَيْن muṯlayayn |
الْمُثْلَيَيْن al-muṯlayayn |
Nominative | أَمْثَلَانِ ʔamṯalāni |
الْأَمْثَلَانِ al-ʔamṯalāni |
مُثْلَيَانِ muṯlayāni |
الْمُثْلَيَانِ al-muṯlayāni |
Accusative | أَمْثَلَيْنِ ʔamṯalayni |
الْأَمْثَلَيْنِ al-ʔamṯalayni |
مُثْلَيَيْنِ muṯlayayni |
الْمُثْلَيَيْنِ al-muṯlayayni |
Genitive | أَمْثَلَيْنِ ʔamṯalayni |
الْأَمْثَلَيْنِ al-ʔamṯalayni |
مُثْلَيَيْنِ muṯlayayni |
الْمُثْلَيَيْنِ al-muṯlayayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَمَثَلِين ʔamaṯalīn |
الْأَمَثَلِين al-ʔamaṯalīn |
مُثْلَيَات muṯlayāt |
الْمُثْلَيَات al-muṯlayāt |
Nominative | أَمَثَلُونَ ʔamaṯalūna |
الْأَمَثَلُونَ al-ʔamaṯalūna |
مُثْلَيَاتٌ muṯlayātun |
الْمُثْلَيَاتُ al-muṯlayātu |
Accusative | أَمَثَلِينَ ʔamaṯalīna |
الْأَمَثَلِينَ al-ʔamaṯalīna |
مُثْلَيَاتٍ muṯlayātin |
الْمُثْلَيَاتِ al-muṯlayāti |
Genitive | أَمَثَلِينَ ʔamaṯalīna |
الْأَمَثَلِينَ al-ʔamaṯalīna |
مُثْلَيَاتٍ muṯlayātin |
الْمُثْلَيَاتِ al-muṯlayāti |
References
[edit]- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أمثل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “مثل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]- first-person singular non-past active indicative of مَثَلَ (maṯala)
Verb
[edit]- first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of مَثَلَ (maṯala)
Verb
[edit]Verb
[edit]- first-person singular non-past passive indicative of مَثَلَ (maṯala)
Verb
[edit]- first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of مَثَلَ (maṯala)
Verb
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]أُمَثِّلُ • (ʔumaṯṯilu) (form II)
- first-person singular non-past active indicative of مَثَّلَ (maṯṯala)
Verb
[edit]أُمَثِّلَ • (ʔumaṯṯila) (form II)
- first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of مَثَّلَ (maṯṯala)
Verb
[edit]أُمَثِّلْ • (ʔumaṯṯil) (form II)
Verb
[edit]أُمَثَّلُ • (ʔumaṯṯalu) (form II)
- first-person singular non-past passive indicative of مَثَّلَ (maṯṯala)
Verb
[edit]أُمَثَّلَ • (ʔumaṯṯala) (form II)
- first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of مَثَّلَ (maṯṯala)
Verb
[edit]Categories:
- Arabic elative adjectives
- Arabic terms belonging to the root م ث ل
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic adjectives
- Arabic adjectives with basic diptote singular
- Arabic adjectives with invariable singular
- Arabic adjectives with sound masculine plural
- Arabic adjectives with sound feminine plural
- Arabic non-lemma forms
- Arabic verb forms