مثل

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.