"ضرب مثلا" meaning in Arabic

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    {
      "form": "ضَرَبَ مَثَلًا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḍaraba maṯalan",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
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        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Arabic sound verbs by conjugation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "The Quran\nتُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّٰهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ\ntuʔtī ʔukulahā kulla ḥīnin biʔiḏni rabbihā wayaḍribu allāhu al-ʔamṯāla li-n-nāsi laʕallahum yataḏakkarūna",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to give an example"
      ],
      "id": "en-ضرب_مثلا-ar-verb-ynuPDE4H",
      "links": [
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic sound verbs by conjugation",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "The Quran\nوَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ\nwalammā ḍuriba bnu maryama maṯalan ʔiḏā qawmuka minhu yaṣiddūna",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cite as an example"
      ],
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        "(transitive) to cite as an example"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ضرب مثلا"
}

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    "Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Arabic form-I verbs",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic multiword terms",
    "Arabic sound form-I verbs",
    "Arabic sound verbs",
    "Arabic sound verbs by conjugation",
    "Arabic verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ضَرَبَ مَثَلًا",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḍaraba maṯalan",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Arabic quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "The Quran\nتُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّٰهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ\ntuʔtī ʔukulahā kulla ḥīnin biʔiḏni rabbihā wayaḍribu allāhu al-ʔamṯāla li-n-nāsi laʕallahum yataḏakkarūna",
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      ],
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        "to give an example"
      ],
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          "give",
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          "example",
          "example"
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        "Arabic transitive verbs",
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "The Quran\nوَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ\nwalammā ḍuriba bnu maryama maṯalan ʔiḏā qawmuka minhu yaṣiddūna",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cite as an example"
      ],
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        "(transitive) to cite as an example"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ضرب مثلا"
}