متشابه

Arabic

Root
ش ب ه (š-b-h)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَشَابَهَ (tašābaha, “to look like”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.ta.ʃaː.bih/

Adjective

مُتَشَابِه • (mutašābih)

active participle of تَشَابَهَ (tašābaha)
similar, resembling
ambiguous

Declension

Declension of adjective مُتَشَابِه (mutašābih)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَشَابِه mutašābih	الْمُتَشَابِه al-mutašābih	مُتَشَابِهَة mutašābiha	الْمُتَشَابِهَة al-mutašābiha
Nominative	مُتَشَابِهٌ mutašābihun	الْمُتَشَابِهُ al-mutašābihu	مُتَشَابِهَةٌ mutašābihatun	الْمُتَشَابِهَةُ al-mutašābihatu
Accusative	مُتَشَابِهًا mutašābihan	الْمُتَشَابِهَ al-mutašābiha	مُتَشَابِهَةً mutašābihatan	الْمُتَشَابِهَةَ al-mutašābihata
Genitive	مُتَشَابِهٍ mutašābihin	الْمُتَشَابِهِ al-mutašābihi	مُتَشَابِهَةٍ mutašābihatin	الْمُتَشَابِهَةِ al-mutašābihati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَشَابِهَيْن mutašābihayn	الْمُتَشَابِهَيْن al-mutašābihayn	مُتَشَابِهَتَيْن mutašābihatayn	الْمُتَشَابِهَتَيْن al-mutašābihatayn
Nominative	مُتَشَابِهَانِ mutašābihāni	الْمُتَشَابِهَانِ al-mutašābihāni	مُتَشَابِهَتَانِ mutašābihatāni	الْمُتَشَابِهَتَانِ al-mutašābihatāni
Accusative	مُتَشَابِهَيْنِ mutašābihayni	الْمُتَشَابِهَيْنِ al-mutašābihayni	مُتَشَابِهَتَيْنِ mutašābihatayni	الْمُتَشَابِهَتَيْنِ al-mutašābihatayni
Genitive	مُتَشَابِهَيْنِ mutašābihayni	الْمُتَشَابِهَيْنِ al-mutašābihayni	مُتَشَابِهَتَيْنِ mutašābihatayni	الْمُتَشَابِهَتَيْنِ al-mutašābihatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مُتَشَابِهَات mutašābihāt	الْمُتَشَابِهَات al-mutašābihāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مُتَشَابِهَاتٌ mutašābihātun	الْمُتَشَابِهَاتُ al-mutašābihātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مُتَشَابِهَاتٍ mutašābihātin	الْمُتَشَابِهَاتِ al-mutašābihāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مُتَشَابِهَاتٍ mutašābihātin	الْمُتَشَابِهَاتِ al-mutašābihāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mütəşabeh
→ Persian: متشابه
→ Ottoman Turkish: متشابه (müteşabih)

References

Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “متشابه”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “متشابه”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863) “متشابه”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Wehr, Hans (1960) “متشابه”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

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