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مَثَلًا example in Arabic

مَثَلًا is how you say “example” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَكَمْ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ تَدُورُ عَلَى الْأَلْسِنِ مَثَلًا جَاءَ الْقُرْآنُ بِالْخَصِّ مِنْهَا وَأَحْسَنَ

And how many phrases circulate on the tongues as an example, which the Quran has refined and improved.

مَثَلًا as an example

This is 'example, proverb' used adverbially, 'as a proverb'. The accusative ending is what lets a noun act in this describing, circumstantial role, telling in what capacity the saying goes around. Arabic uses this bare-accusative noun where English would say 'as a'.

From When Scripture Answers Proverbs

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