ثمن

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'eight' and its numerical derivations. It also extends to meanings related to price, value, and the act of selling or being sold.

Derived headwords

ثَمَانِيَةnoun

1.
eightboth
The cardinal number eight.

ثَمَانٍnoun

1.
eightboth
The cardinal number eight, used in specific grammatical contexts, often when the noun it modifies is omitted.

ثَمَانِيnoun

1.
eightboth
The cardinal number eight, used in specific grammatical contexts, particularly when the noun it modifies is feminine or when it's part of a larger numerical phrase.

ثَمِينadjective

1.
expensive, high-pricedboth
expensive, high-priced

ثَمَنnoun

1.
You say 'thamāniyatun rijāl' (eight men) and 'thamānī niswah' (eight women).both
You say 'thamāniyatun rijāl' (eight men) and 'thamānī niswah' (eight women).

أَثْمَنَverb

1.
they became eightboth
they became eight

ثَمَّنَverb

1.
You say 'thamāniyatun rijāl' (eight men) and 'thamānī niswah' (eight women).both
You say 'thamāniyatun rijāl' (eight men) and 'thamānī niswah' (eight women).

ثُمَيْنَةnoun

1.
diminutive of eightclassical
A diminutive form of the number eight, derived by altering the original form.

ثُمَيْنِيَةnoun

1.
diminutive of eightclassical
A diminutive form of the number eight, derived by altering the original form.

مُثَمَّنadjective

1.
something made with eight corners/sidesboth
something made with eight corners/sides

مُثْمِنadjective

1.
something made with eight corners/sidesboth
something made with eight corners/sides

ثَمَانِي عَشْرَةnoun

1.
eighteenboth
The cardinal number eighteen.

ثَمَانِيَةٌname

1.
Thumaniyahclassical
A place name mentioned in the text.

المُثَمَّنَةnoun

1.
a type of bagclassical
Likened to 'makhlah' (a bag), possibly referring to a specific type of container or object.

Parallel reading

ثمانية رجال وثماني نسوة

Eight men and eight women.

وهو في الأصل منسوب إلى الثمن، لأنه الجزء الذي صير السبعة السبعة ثمانية

And it is originally attributed to 'al-thaman' (the part), because it is the part that made seven become eight.

فتقول: ثمانى نسوة وثماني مائة

So you say: eight women and eighty hundred (eight hundred).

وما جاء في الشعر غير مصروف فهو على توهم أنه جمع

And what comes in poetry uninflected is based on the assumption that it is a plural.

وقولهم: الثوب سبع في ثمان

And their saying: the garment is seven by eight.

وإن صغرت الثمانية فأنت بالخيار: إن شئت حذفت الألف، وهو أحسن، فقلت ثمينية

And if you make the diminutive of 'eight', you have a choice: if you wish, you omit the alif, which is better, and say 'thumayniyah'.

وإن شئت حذفت الياء فقلت ثمينة، قلبت الالف ياء وأدغمت فيها ياء التصغير

And if you wish, you omit the ya', and say 'thaminah', having inverted the alif into a ya' and assimilated the diminutive ya' into it.

فكان حقه أن يقول ثمانى عشرة

And it was his right to say 'thumani 'asharah' (eighteen).

وثمنت القوم أثمنهم بالضم، إذا أخذت ثمن أموالهم

And I 'thammantu' the people, 'uthamminuhum' (with dammah), if you took the price of their possessions.

وأثمنهم بالكسر، إذا كنت ثامنهم

And 'athmantuhum' (with kasrah), if you were the eighth of them.

وأثمن القوم: صاروا ثمانية

And 'athmana al-qawm': they became eight.

وشئ مثمن: جعل له ثمانية أركان

And a thing 'muthammaan': it was made to have eight pillars.

وأثمن الرجل، إذا وردت إبله ثمنا، وهو ظمء من أظمائها

And 'athmana al-rajul', if his camels arrived 'thamanan', which is a thirst from their thirsts.

والثمن: ثمن المبيع

And 'al-thaman': the price of the sold item.

يقال: أثمنت الرجل متاعه، وأثمنت له

It is said: 'athmantu al-rajul mata'ahu', and 'athmantu lahu'.

فمن رواه بفتح الميم يريد أكثرها ثمنا

So whoever narrates it with a fatha on the mim intends its highest price.

ومن رواه بالضم فهو جمع ثمن، مثل زمن وأزمن

And whoever narrates it with a dammah, it is a plural of 'thaman', like 'zaman' and 'azman'.

والثمين: الثمن، وهو جزء من الثمانية

And 'al-thameen': the price, and it is a part of the eight.

وشئ ثمين، أي مرتفع الثمن

And a thing 'thameen', meaning high in price.