مثل

مِثَالٌ ذ Quality, made, manner, fashion, and form; (Msb;) a model according to which another thing is made or proportioned; a pattern, (مِقْدَارٌ) by which a thing is measured, proportioned, or cut out: (T:) an example of a class of words, of a rule, &c. ― -b2- مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبْقِ مِثاَلٍ [ Without there having been any precedent ]. (Msb in art. قرح, &c.) ― -b3- [ A bed: ] بَناَتُ المِثَالِ The daughters of the bed; meaning women. (T in art. بنى.)