مثقال

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ث ق ل (ṯ q l)
5 terms

Tool noun derived from ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula, “to be heavy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miθ.qaːl/

Noun

مِثْقَال • (miṯqāl) m (plural مَثَاقِيل (maṯāqīl))

  1. scale
  2. weight
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:40:
      إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِنْ تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِنْ لَدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
      ʔinna l-laha lā yaẓlimu miṯqāla ḏarratin waʔin taku ḥasanatan yuḍāʕifhā wayuʔti min ladunhu ʔajran ʕaẓīman
      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.
  3. 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 (mtʻxal), մթղալ (mtʻġal)
  • → Middle Georgian: მიტყალი (miṭq̇ali) (via Arabic), მისხალი (misxali) (via Turkic)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مثقال (miskal)
  • → Portuguese: metical
  • → Tigre: ምትቃል (mətḳali)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “mithqal, a unit of measure in Arabic countries”).

Noun

مثقال • (miskal) (plural مثاقیل (mesakil))

  1. mithqal, a unit of weight in the Islamic world, equivalent to 4.25 grams
  2. mitqal, a golden coin used in Arabic countries, originally having such a weight

Descendants

Further reading

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