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ثمن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 ثَمَنَهُمْ ثمن ثمنهم ثمننهم , aor. ثَمُنَ , (S, M, Mgh, &c.,) inf. n. ثَمْنٌ, (M,) He took the eighth of their goods, or property. (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And, aor. ثَمِنَ , He was, or became, the eighth of them: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or he made them, with himself, eight. (S in art. ثلث.) And He made them, they being seventy-nine, to be eighty. (A'Obeyd, S in art. ثلث.) -A2- ثَمُنَ, [aor. ثَمُنَ ,] inf. n. ثَمَانَةٌ, It (a commodity) was, or became, precious, costly, of high price; and ↓ اثمن [signifies the same; or] it had a price, or value. (TA. [See ثَمِينٌ.])

Derived headwords

ثَمَنَهُمْverb
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