(ن) مَثَلَ يَمْثُلُ مُثُوْلًاmathala yamthulu muthūlan: to be like someone; to stand upright (before someone). (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
مِثْلٌmithl pl. اَمْثَالٌamthāl (noun, ism dhāt): like, similar, an equal. ﴿لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَيْءٌ﴾ (Ash-Shūrā 42:11)
مَثَلٌmathal pl. اَمْثَالٌamthāl (noun, ism dhāt): example, parable, proverb; also state and attribute. ﴿مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:17)
مَثُلَةٌmathulah pl. مَثُلٰتٌmathulāt (noun, ism dhāt): exemplary punishment. ﴿وَقَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمُ الْمَثُلٰتُ﴾ (Ar-Raʿd 13:6)
اَمْثَلُamthalu, feminine مُثْلٰىmuthlā (elative, ism tafḍīl): better, most excellent. ﴿وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيْقَتِكُمُ الْمُثْلٰى﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:63)
تِمْثَالٌtimthāl pl. تَمَاثِيْلُtamāthīlu (noun, ism dhāt): a likeness of someone, statue, image. ﴿مَا هٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيْلُ الَّتِيْٓ اَنْتُمْ لَهَا عٰكِفُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:52)
Form III (mufāʿalah) مَاثَلَ يُمَاثِلُ مُمَاثَلَةًmāthala yumāthilu mumāthalatan: to be like someone; to resemble someone (this verb is not used in the Quran).
Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَمَثَّلَ يَتَمَثَّلُ تَمَثُّلًاtamaththala yatamaththalu tamaththulan: to assume someone's form. Only once in the Quran: ﴿فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا﴾ (Maryam 19:17)