مثقال
Arabic
Etymology
Tool noun derived from ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula, “to be heavy”), from the root ث ق ل (ṯ-q-l).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miθ.qaːl/
Noun
مِثْقَال • (miṯqāl) m (plural مَثَاقِيل (maṯāqīl))
- scale
- weight
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:40:
- إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِنْ تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِنْ لَدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
- ʾinna l-laha lā yaẓlimu miṯqāla ḏarratin waʾin taku ḥasanatan yuḍāʿifhā wayuʾti min ladunhu ʾajran ʿaẓīman
- Indeed, Allah does not do injustice, as much as an atom's weight; while if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.
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- mithqal, a certain weight measure in the Arab world of varying value, usually around 4.5 grams
Declension
Declension of noun مِثْقَال (miṯqāl)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مِثْقَال miṯqāl | الْمِثْقَال al-miṯqāl | مِثْقَال miṯqāl |
| Nominative | مِثْقَالٌ miṯqālun | الْمِثْقَالُ al-miṯqālu | مِثْقَالُ miṯqālu |
| Accusative | مِثْقَالًا miṯqālan | الْمِثْقَالَ al-miṯqāla | مِثْقَالَ miṯqāla |
| Genitive | مِثْقَالٍ miṯqālin | الْمِثْقَالِ al-miṯqāli | مِثْقَالِ miṯqāli |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مِثْقَالَيْن miṯqālayn | الْمِثْقَالَيْن al-miṯqālayn | مِثْقَالَيْ miṯqālay |
| Nominative | مِثْقَالَانِ miṯqālāni | الْمِثْقَالَانِ al-miṯqālāni | مِثْقَالَا miṯqālā |
| Accusative | مِثْقَالَيْنِ miṯqālayni | الْمِثْقَالَيْنِ al-miṯqālayni | مِثْقَالَيْ miṯqālay |
| Genitive | مِثْقَالَيْنِ miṯqālayni | الْمِثْقَالَيْنِ al-miṯqālayni | مِثْقَالَيْ miṯqālay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَثَاقِيل maṯāqīl | الْمَثَاقِيل al-maṯāqīl | مَثَاقِيل maṯāqīl |
| Nominative | مَثَاقِيلُ maṯāqīlu | الْمَثَاقِيلُ al-maṯāqīlu | مَثَاقِيلُ maṯāqīlu |
| Accusative | مَثَاقِيلَ maṯāqīla | الْمَثَاقِيلَ al-maṯāqīla | مَثَاقِيلَ maṯāqīla |
| Genitive | مَثَاقِيلَ maṯāqīla | الْمَثَاقِيلِ al-maṯāqīli | مَثَاقِيلِ maṯāqīli |
Descendants
- → Amharic: ሚትቃል (mitḳal)
- → English: mithqal, metical, metikal, miscal, miskal, mithkal, mithqaal, mitkal, mitqal
- → Middle Armenian: մթխալ (mtʿxal), մթղալ (mtʿłal)
- → Tigre: ምትቃል (mətḳali)
- → Middle Georgian: მიტყალი (miṭq̇ali) (via Arabic), მისხალი (misxali) (via Turkic)