ثمر

ثَمَرٌ ثمر (T, S, M, A, Msb, K) and ↓ ثَمُرٌ (Sb, M, A) and ↓ ثِيمَارٌ, (M,) [coll. gen. ns.,] The fruit of trees; (M, K;) the several kinds of fruits; (T;) the fruit which a tree produces, whether it is eaten or not eaten: (Msb:) pl. of the first, ثِمَارٌ; and pl. pl. (i. e. pl. of ثِمَارٌ, Fr, S, M, Msb) ثُمُرٌ; and pl. pl. pl. (i. e. pl. of ثُمُرٌ, S, Msb) أَثْمَارٌ; (S, Msb, K;) and the pl. of أَثْمَارٌ is أَثَامِيرُ; (IHsh, TA:) or ثُمُرٌ is pl. of ثَمَرٌ; (AHeyth, TA;) or it may be pl. of ثَمَرَةٌ, because it is of a form more common as that of a pl. of a word of this form than of the form of ثِمَارٌ: (M:) ثَمَرَةٌ is the n. un. of ثَمَرٌ, (S, M, K,) and ثَمُرَةٌ is that of ثَمُرٌ: (Sb, M, K: *) the pl. of ثَمَرَةٌ is ثَمَرَاتٌ (S, Msb) and ↓ ثَمْرَاآءُ: (K:) [or rather this last is a quasi-pl. n.:] ثَمُرَةٌ, which none but Sb mentions, has, accord. to him, no broken pl.: (M:) IHsh says that there is no word like ثَمَرٌ in its series of pls. except أَكَمٌ. (MF: see أَكَمَةٌ.) ― -b2- Also ثَمَرٌ, (M, A, K,) or ↓ ثَمُرٌ, (T, S,) and ↓ ثُمْرٌ, (S,) and ↓ ثَمَارٌ, (K,) or ↓ ثِيمَارٌ, (M,) or ↓ ثَيْمَارٌ; (TA;) of which last three, the first (ثمار) is disapproved by several writers; and some say that it is for ثَمَرٌ, the second vowel being lengthened for the sake of metre; (MF;) (tropical:) Property, or wealth, (T, S,) increased and multiplied: (S:) or various kinds of property or wealth, (I'Ab, M, K,) increased and multiplied, and gained, or acquired, for oneself: (I'Ab, B:) or, accord. to Mujáhid, ثَمَرٌ, in the Kur, means fruit; and ↓ ثَمُرٌ, property, or wealth; but Yoo did not admit this, app. holding both to mean the same: (T:) in the Kur xviii. 32, AA read ↓ ثُمْرٌ, and explained it as signifying kinds of property or wealth. (S.) ― -b3- ثَمَرٌ also signifies (tropical:) Gold and silver: (AAF, M, K:) so accord. to Mujáhid in the Kur xviii. 32; but this is not known in the proper language. (AAF, M.) ― -b4- And Trees [or shrubs ]: (TA:) and ثَمَرَةٌ a tree [or shrub ]. (Th, M, K. [In the CK, erroneously, ثَمْرَة.]) ― -b5- And [the n. un.] ثَمَرَةٌ, [in the CK, erroneously, ثَمْرَة,] (tropical:) A child, or son; (K, B, TA;) as also ثَمَرَةُ القَلْبِ, [of which other meanings will be found below,] and ثَمَرَةُ الفُؤَادِ [lit., like the next preceding expression, fruit of the heart ]: accord. to some, in the Kur ii. 150, الثَّمَرَات means الأَوْلَاد [or children ] and الأَحْفَاد [or grandchildren, &c.]. (B, TA.) ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) Progeny; or offspring. (K.) [Whence, app.,] قُطِعَتْ ثَمَرَتُهُ (assumed tropical:) His [ power of ] procreating was cut off: or his appetite for sexual intercourse. (TA from a trad.) [Another meaning of this phrase will be found below.] ― -b7- (assumed tropical:) The fruit, as meaning the profit, of a thing: (Msb, TA:) as that of knowledge, namely, good works; and that of good works, namely, Paradise. (TA.) Hence, لَيْسَ لَهُ ثَمَرَةٌ (assumed tropical:) There is no profit pertaining to it. (Msb.) [Hence also,] ثَمَرَةُ مَالٍ (assumed tropical:) The increase of property. (A.) ― -b8- (tropical:) The knot of the extremity, (A,) or of the extremities, (K,) of a whip; (A, K;) because like a fruit in its form and in its manner of hanging: (B, TA:) and ثَمَرٌ, the knots of the extremities of whips: (S, Mj, Mgh:) or the former signifies the end, or extremity, of a whip: (T:) or, more correctly, the tail, which is [ the appendage that forms ] the end, or extremity, of a whip; its عَذَبَة. (Mgh.) ― -b9- (tropical:) The extremity, (T, K,) or tip, (A,) of the tongue: (T, A, K:) or its lower extremity. (IAth, TA.) ― -b10- (tropical:) A man's prepuce: pl. ثِمَارٌ: so in the phrases قُطِعَتْ ثَمَرَةُ فُلَانٍ, and قُطِعَتْ ثِمَارُهُمْ, meaning (tropical:) Such a one was circumcised, and they were circumcised. (A.) [Another meaning of the former of these phrases has been mentioned above.] ― -b11- (assumed tropical:) The skin of the head. (ISh, T, K.) ― -b12- ثَمَرَةُ القَلْبِ [of which one meaning has been given above] also signifies (assumed tropical:) The heart's core; or the black, or inner, part of the heart; syn. سُوَيْدَاؤُهُ, and حَبَّتُهُ. (S in art حب.) [Hence,] خَصَّنِى بِثَمَرَةِ قَلْبِهِ (tropical:) [ He distinguished me peculiarly, or specially, ] by his love, or affection. (A, TA.) And أَعْطَاهُ صَفْقَةَ يَدِهِ وَثَمَرَةَ قَلْبِهِ (tropical:) [ He gave him his ratification of the bargain, and ] his sincerest agreement. (A, TA.) ― -b13- فِى السِّمَاآءِ ثَمَرَةٌ and ثَمَرٌ (tropical:) In the sky is a small portion, or quantity, of cloud. (A, TA.) ― -b14- ثَمَرُ الحِنَّاآءِ: see art. حنأ. ― -b15- See also ثَمِيرٌ.