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تَمْثِيل example in Arabic

تَمْثِيل is how you say “example” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

والتحقيق أن هذا على وجه التمثيل

The correct understanding is that this is by way of analogy.

التَّمْثِيلِ of an example

A verbal noun 'the giving of an example', the owner half of the 'way of' pairing, so in the genitive ending with its own 'the'. It names the mode of speech as comparison rather than literal statement.

From Oaths of Provision

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More example sentences

والتحقيق أن هذا على وجه التمثيل

And the accurate understanding is that this is a form of analogy.

التَّمْثِيلِ analogy.

A verbal noun 'the giving of an example', the owner half of the 'way of' pairing, in the genitive with its own 'the'. It names the mode as comparison rather than literal claim.

From Signs of Resurrection

والتحقيق أن هذا على وجه التمثيل

The correct view is that this is by way of analogy.

التَّمْثِيلِ of metaphor

This is the owner noun 'analogy/likening' closing 'the way of analogy', in the genitive of the possessive pair and made definite by 'the'. Its definiteness passes back to 'way', fixing the phrase as 'the manner of likening'.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

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