مثلي

See also: مثلى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of مِثْل (miṯl, something similar) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miθ.lijj/

Adjective

مِثْلِيّ • (miṯliyy) (feminine مِثْلِيَّة (miṯliyya), masculine plural مِثْلِيُّونَ (miṯliyyūna), feminine plural مِثْلِيَّات (miṯliyyāt))

  1. (modern, neutral or approving) sexually attracted to the same sex, homosexual
  2. (obsolete) of the same category as something else; of the same kind, character, or nature as something else; homogeneous or uniform with something else; kindred
    Synonyms: مَثِيل (maṯīl), شَبِيه (šabīh), نَظِير (naẓīr), مُقَابِل (muqābil)
    1. (Islam, Islamic law) replaceable with something else by virtue of their similarity in kind, substitutable, interchangeable, fungible
      Coordinate term: قِيمِيّ (qīmiyy, having a value but no exact equivalents or substitutes)
Declension

Noun

مِثْلِيّ • (miṯliyy) m

  1. (countable, modern, neutral or approving) a homosexual
  2. (countable, obsolete) that which has an equivalent; an equivalent
Declension

Verb

مَثِّلِي • (maṯṯilī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of مَثَّلَ (maṯṯala)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ث ل
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مِثْلِيّ (miṯliyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miθ.li/, [ˈmɪθ.li]
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Adjective

مثلي • (miṯli) (feminine مثليّة (miṯliyye), common plural مثليّين (miṯliyyīn))

  1. homosexual, gay
    Synonyms: (derogatory) لوطي (lūṭi), شاذّ (šāzz)
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