Arabic vocabulary
مِثْلٌ is how you say “same” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَإِن هُوَ قمر صَاحبه فعل بِهِ مثل ذَلِك
And if he won against his companion, he would do the same to him.
مِثْلَ — the same. 'mithl' = 'like, the same as'; first half of an 'of' phrase: 'the like of...'.
From: Luqman's Response to Injustice →فَقَالَ لَهُ الثَّانِيَة مثل ذَلِك فاعرض عَنهُ
So he said to him a second time the same thing, but he turned away from him.
مِثْلَ — the same. 'mithl' = 'the like of'; first half of an 'of' phrase, the object here.
From: Luqman's Response to Injustice →ثمَّ قَالَ لَهُ الثَّالِثَة مثل ذَلِك فاعرض عَنهُ
Then he said to him a third time the same thing, but he turned away from him.
مِثْلَ — the same. 'mithl' = 'the like of'; first half of an 'of' phrase, the object.
From: Luqman's Response to Injustice →ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِأَمَةٍ فَقَالَتْ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ إِبْنِي مِثْلَ هَذِهِ فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا
Then he passed by a slave-girl, and she said, "O God, do not make my son like this." Then he left her breast.
مِثْلَ — like. A comparison noun 'like/the equal of' heading into the demonstrative that follows. It is the second object of 'make' -- the model her son must not be cast as -- and it sets up 'like this (slave-girl)'.
From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →OpenArabic teaches words like مِثْلٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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