مثالي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of مِثَال (miṯāl, resemblance, model, example, standard, allegory) + ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root م ث ل (m-ṯ-l).

Adjective

مِثَالِيّ • (miṯāliyy) (feminine مِثَالِيَّة (miṯāliyya), masculine plural مِثَالِيُّونَ (miṯāliyyūna), feminine plural مِثَالِيَّات (miṯāliyyāt))

  1. typical
  2. model
  3. exemplary, ideal
  4. equal, similar
  5. allegorical

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مثالي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, 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
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