مِثَالٌ

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.

مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبْقِ مِثاَلٍ [Without there having been any precedent]. (Msb in article قرح, &c.)

[A bed:] بَناَتُ المِثَالِ The daughters of the bed; meaning women. (T in article بنى.)