Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِثَالٌ

Root: مثل

Full Definition

مِثَالٌ Quality, made, manner, fashion, and form; a model according to which another thing is made or proportioned; a pattern, (مِقْدَارٌ) by which a thing is measured, proportioned, or cut out: an example of a class of words, of a rule, &c.
2 مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبْقِ مِثاَلٍ [Without there having been any precedent]. (Msb in art. قرح, &c.)
3 [A bed:] بَناَتُ المِثَالِ The daughters of the bed; meaning women. (T in art. بنى.)


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