Arabic

Adjective

مَثِيل • ‎(maṯīl) ‎(feminine مَثِيلَة ‎(maṯīla))

1. like, similar, analogous

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Noun

مَثِيل • ‎(maṯīl) m ‎(plural مَثِيلَات ‎(maṯīlāt))

1. equal, match, counterpart; (with following genitive) one's kind

   مَثِيلُهُ، مَثِيلُهَا‎

   maṯīluhu, maṯīluhā

   his kind, her kind

   لَا مَثِيلٌ لَهُ، لَيْسَ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ، لَمْ يَسْبِقْ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ‎

   lā maṯīlun lahu, laysa lahu maṯīlun, lam yasbiq lahu maṯīlun

   incomparable, matchless, unrivaled, unparallelled (literally, “he has no equal, his equal does not precede [him]”)

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