Arabic

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Verb

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ضَرَبَ مَثَلًا (ḍaraba maṯalan) I (non-past يَضْرِبُ مَثَلًا (yaḍribu maṯalan))

  1. to give an example
    • The Quran
      تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّٰهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
      tuʔtī ʔukulahā kulla ḥīnin biʔiḏni rabbihā wayaḍribu allāhu al-ʔamṯāla li-n-nāsi laʕallahum yataḏakkarūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive) to cite as an example
    • The Quran
      وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ
      walammā ḍuriba bnu maryama maṯalan ʔiḏā qawmuka minhu yaṣiddūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Note 1