Example
من أمثالنا الشعبية: القرد بعين أمه غزال.
One of our folk proverbs says: In the eyes of its mother a baby monkey is a cute fawn.
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Words from the same root
م ث لArabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of المثل, so their meanings are related: learn them together.
- مثل like
- مثلاً for example; for instance
- مثلما just as (conjunction)
- مماثل similar
- أمثالي the likes of me
- مثيل الغلة exaggeration
- المَثَل الشعبي Folk proverb