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
  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.
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
Singular	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
Plural	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)

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