متل
North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Preposition
مِتْل • (mitl)
- like; as
- بدي تنورة متل يلي بالصورة
- baddi tannūra mitl yalli biṣ-ṣūra.
- I want a skirt like the one in the photo.
Adverb
مِتْل • (mitl)
- like (filler)
- Near-synonym: هيك (hēk, hayk)
- في حدا برا... حامل متل عصاية أو هيك شي
- fī ḥada barra... ḥāmil mitl ʕaṣāye ʔaw hēk šī
- There's someone outside... he's holding, like, a stick or something
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| م ت ل |
| 2 terms |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Preposition
متل • (mitl)
Inflection
| base form | متل (mitl) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | متلي (mitli) | متلنا (mitelna) | |
| 2nd person | متلك (mitlak) | متلك (mitlek) | متلكم (mitelkom) |
| 3rd person | متله (mitlo) | متلها (mitelha) | متلهم (mitelhom) |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
متل • (matal) m (plural أمتال (ʾamtāl))
Noun
متل • (matal) m (plural أمتلة (ʾamtile))
Derived terms
- متلا (matalan, “for example”)