مَثَلَ(n. ac. مُثُوْل) a. Resembled, was like; took after. b. [acc. & Bi], Compared with, likened to; assimilated to. c.(n. ac. مَثْل مُثْلَة) [Bi], Made an example of. d. Appeared & disappeared. e. see infra (a) مَثُلَ(n. ac. مُثُوْل) a. Stood up. b.(n. ac. مَثَاْلَة), Was distinguished &c. مَثَّلَ a. [acc. & La], Represented; described, portrayed to. b. [acc. or Bi], Employed, used ( a simile ); quoted adduced ( an example ); related, told ( a story ). c. Allegorized, metaphorized; personified. d. see I (b) (c). مَاْثَلَa. Resembled. b. see I (b)c. [Bi], Recovered. أَمْثَلَa. Made an example of, punished. b. Avenged. c. Made similar to. تَمَثَّلَ a. [Bi], Assimilated himself, became similar to; imitated. b. Imagined, fancied. c. [Min], Quoted, got from. d. Became personified. e. see (مَثُلَ) (a) & II (b). تَمَاْثَلَa. Resembled each other, were alike; imitated each other. b. [Min], Recovered from. إِمْتَثَلَa. Imitated, followed ( the conduct & c. of ). b. Obeyed ( the orders of ). c. [Min], Retaliated, took vengeance upon. d. see II (b) (c). مِثْل (pl. أَمْثَاْل) a. Resemblance, similarity; likeness; counterpart, image fac-simile, type. مِثْلِيّa. Like. مُثْلَةa. Example; warning; exemplary punishment chastisement. مُثْلَىa. fem. of أَمْثَلُ مَثَل (pl. أَمْثَاْل) a. see 2b. Simile, similitude: parable; image, figure, allegory metaphor, metonymy; fable; proverb; tale, story; example illustration. c. Model; precedent; instance, case; maxim sentence. d. Argument, proof. مَثَلِيّa. Metaphorical, allegorical, figurative; typical symbolical; parabolic. مَثُلَةa. see 3t أَمْثَلُ (pl. أَمَاْثِلُ) a. Liker, &c. b. More perfect, complete; better; best. مَاْثِلa. Effaced, obliterated (trace). مَاْثِلَةa. Lamp, light; torch. مَثَاْلَةa. Excellence, superiority; merit. b. ( pl. reg. & مَثَاْئِلُ 46), [ coll. ], Lesson, task. مِثَاْل (pl. مُثْل مُثُل أَمْثِلَة 15t) a. Likeness; image, counterpart, facsimile, type, symbol; model; example. b. Form; formula; formulary. c. Quantity; quality. d. Assimilated verb ( one beginning with و or ي ). مَثِيْل (pl. مُثُل) a. Like, similar; alike. b. Excellent; eminent, superior. مَثِيْلَة a. [ coll. ] see 22t (b) أَمَاْثِلُ a. [art.], The great men; the principal personages. N. Ac. مَثَّلَa. Comparison. b. Analogy. c. Assimilation. d. Personification. N. Ag. مَاْثَلَ a. [La], Like, resembling; corresponding, equal, equivalent to; fellow to. N. Ac. تَمَاْثَلَa. Resemblance, similarity, likeness. مُمَاثَلَة [ N. Ac. مَاْثَلَ (مِثْل)] a. see N. Ac. VI أُمْثُوْلَة a. Example, maxim; quotation, citation. b. [ coll. ] see 22t (b) تِمْثَال (pl. تَمَاْثِيْل) a. Likeness; representation: image, figure; statue; effigy; portrait. مِثْل مَاثِل a. Striking example; remarkable case. مَثَلًا a. For instance, for example. b. As an instance, an example, an illustration. مِثْل كَمِثْل a. As; like as, just as. مِثْلَمَا a. As, as also, as well as. مَثَلِيًّا a. Figuratively, allegorically. ضَرَبَ مَثَلًا a. He made use of a proverb, of an illustration. مَثُلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ تَمَثَّلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ a. He stood before him, in his presence.
