ثمر

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root ثمر (thamara) primarily relates to the fruit of trees, especially dates. It extends metaphorically to encompass wealth, offspring, and the valuable outcomes of actions or efforts. The root also covers the process of fruiting and the maturation of produce.

Derived headwords

الثمرnoun

1.
Fruit of treesboth
The fruit of trees, especially dates. It can also refer to all types of fruits, but often specifically to date fruits.
2.
Types of wealthclassical
Metaphorically refers to various kinds of wealth and accumulated property.
3.
Gold and silverclassical
Metaphorically, gold and silver.

لا قطع في ثمر ولا كثر — No cutting [of hands] for fruit or palm hearts.

وكان له ثمر — And he had produce/wealth.

ثمرverb

1.
To bear fruitboth
For a tree to bear fruit, or to produce fruit.
2.
To become wealthyboth
For a person to become wealthy or to increase their wealth.

ثمر الشجر يثمر — The tree bore fruit.

أثمرverb

1.
To bear fruitboth
To bear fruit; to produce fruit. This is the most common form for trees bearing fruit.
2.
To yield resultsboth
To yield results or benefits, often metaphorically.
3.
To become wealthyboth
For a person to become wealthy or to increase their wealth.

أثمر الشجر، إذا طلع ثمره قبل أن ينضج — The tree bore fruit, meaning its fruit appeared before it ripened.

فأثمر هما لا يبيد وحسرة لقلبي — And it bore a lasting sorrow and regret for my heart.

المثمرadjective

1.
Fruitingboth
Describing a tree or plant that has reached the stage of bearing fruit or is ready to be harvested.
2.
Productiveboth
Yielding good results or benefits; fruitful.

المثمر: ما بلغ أن يجنى — The fruiting one: that which has reached the stage of being harvested.

ثمرةnoun

1.
Fruit (single)both
A single piece of fruit; the fruit of a tree.
2.
Outcomeboth
The result or outcome of something, often a positive consequence.
3.
Offspringboth
Metaphorically, a child or offspring, referred to as the 'fruit of the heart'.
4.
Tip of the tongueclassical
The tip of the tongue.
5.
Knot of a whipclassical
The knot or end of a whip.
6.
Head skinclassical
The skin of the head.
7.
Treeclassical
A tree.

ثمرة القلب — The fruit of the heart (i.e., a beloved child).

أخذ بثمرة لسانه — He took hold of the tip of his tongue.

ثمرnoun

1.
Fruits (plural)both
Plural of ثمرة (thamara), referring to fruits.
2.
Wealth (plural)classical
Plural of ثمرة (thamara), referring to wealth.

جمع ثمرة وسمرة — Plural of thamarah and samarah.

ثمارnoun

1.
Fruits (plural)both
Plural of ثمرة (thamara), referring to fruits.

ج ثمار مثل جبل وجبال — Plural like jabal and jibāl.

أثمارnoun

1.
Fruits (plural)both
A plural form of ثمرة (thamara), referring to fruits.

جمع جمع الجمع أثمار — Plural of the plural, athmār.

ثامرadjective

1.
Fruitingboth
Describing a tree that has ripened its fruit.
2.
Lentilsclassical
A type of legume, specifically lentils.
3.
Blossom of sour grassclassical
The red blossom of the sour grass plant (ḥamāḍ).

ذاكيا نبتها، ثامرا فرعها — Its plant is vigorous, its branch bearing fruit.

ثمورnoun

1.
Gathering of treesclassical
The gathering of trees, specifically for grazing sheep.

ثموراnoun

1.
Becoming wealthyclassical
The act of becoming wealthy or increasing one's wealth.

ثمر الرجل، كنصر، ثمورا: تمول — The man became wealthy, like naṣara, thumūrā: he acquired wealth.

مثمورadjective

1.
Wealthyclassical
Having abundant and blessed wealth.

قوم مثمورون: كثيرو المال — People who are mathmūrūn: having much wealth.

ثميرةnoun

1.
Froth of milkclassical
The froth or nascent butterfat that appears on milk before it fully coalesces.
2.
Milk with frothclassical
Milk from which froth has appeared, or milk that has not yet fully churned.

لبن ثمير — Milk with froth.

ثميرadjective

1.
Frothyclassical
Describing milk that has developed froth or nascent butterfat.

لبن ثمير — Frothy milk.

تثميرnoun

1.
Fruitingclassical
The process of a plant shedding its blossoms and forming fruit.
2.
Increasing wealthboth
The act of increasing and multiplying wealth.
3.
Frothing of liquidclassical
The appearance of froth or small bubbles on the surface of a liquid, like milk.

ثمر السقاء تثميرا — The waterskin's contents became frothy.

ثيمارnoun

1.
Shining objectclassical
A shining or glistening object, possibly referring to dew-covered ground.

ورد الثرى متلمع الصيمار — The ground became glistening with the shining object.

ثمراءnoun

1.
Fruiting treeboth
A tree that has produced its fruit.
2.
Land with much fruitboth
Land that is abundant in fruit.

تظل على الثمراء منها جورس — They [bees] stay on the fruiting trees.

ثميرةnoun

1.
Abundant fruitclassical
Describing land or a tree that is very abundant in fruit.

أرض ثميرة: كثيرة الثمر — A thumayrah land: abundant in fruit.

ابن ثميرname

1.
Moonlit nightclassical
Metaphorically, a moonlit night, due to the fullness of the moon.

ما أثمر ابن ثمير — [He is not from] the moonlit night.

ثمرname

1.
Valley nameclassical
A name of a valley.

ثمرname

1.
Village nameclassical
A village in Yemen.

ثميرname

1.
Proper nameclassical
A name of a person, Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahim al-Thumayri.

ثمرةnoun

1.
Offspring/lineageclassical
Metaphorically, one's offspring or lineage, implying the continuation of one's line.

وقطعت ثمرته — And his lineage was cut off.

ثامرadjective

1.
Mature (of intellect)classical
Mature or fully developed, referring to intellect or understanding.

ثامر الحلم: تامه — Mature intellect: its completion.

ثمرةnoun

1.
Cloud patchclassical
A patch or smear of cloud in the sky.

ثمرnoun

1.
Cloud patchclassical
A patch or smear of cloud in the sky.

ثمرةnoun

1.
Benefit/resultboth
The benefit or positive outcome derived from something, like knowledge or action.

ثمرة العلم العمل الصالح — The fruit of knowledge is righteous action.

Parallel reading

الثمر، محركة: حمل الشجر

The fruit, with vowel marks: the produce of the tree.

لا قطع في ثمر ولا كثر

No cutting [of hands] for fruit or palm hearts.

ويقع الثمر على كل الثمار، ويغلب على ثمر النخل

And 'thamr' applies to all fruits, and it is predominantly used for the fruit of the palm tree.

الثمر: أنواع المال المثمر المستفاد

Fruit: types of acquired, productive wealth.

وكان له ثمر

And he had produce/wealth.

قال ما كان في القرآن من ثمر فهو المال، وماك ان من ثمر فهو الثمار

He said: Whatever is mentioned as 'thamr' in the Quran, it is wealth, and whatever is mentioned as 'thamar' is fruits.

كالثمار، كسحاب

Like fruits, like clouds.

الواحدة ثمرة وثمرة، كسمرة

The singular is thamara and thamara, like samara.

وحكى سيبويه في الثمر: ثمرة

And Sibawayh narrated for 'thamr': thamara.

وجمعها ثمر كسمرة، وسمر

And its plural is thamar, like samara and samar.

ج ثمار مثل جبل وجبال

Plural is thimār, like jabal and jibāl.

وجج ثمر مثل كتاب وكتب

And a plural of plural is thamar, like kitāb and kutub.

وججج أي جمع جمع الجمع أثمار

And a plural of plural of plural is athmār.

وقد يجوز أن يكون الثمر جمع ثمرة، كخشبة وخشب، وأن لا يكون جمع ثمار

And it is possible that 'thamar' is the plural of 'thamara', like 'khashaba' and 'khashab', and not the plural of 'thimār'.

سمعت أبا الهيثم يقول: ثمرة، ثم ثمر، ثم ثمر جمع الجمع، وجمع الثمر أثمار

I heard Abu al-Haytham say: thamara, then thamar, then thamar is the plural of the plural, and the plural of thamar is athmār.

وأما الثمرة فجمعه ثمرات، مثل قصبة وقصبات

As for thamara, its plural is thamarāt, like qasaba and qasabāt.

الثمر: الذهب والفضة

Fruit: gold and silver.

والثمرة: الشجرة

And the thamara: the tree.

والثمرة: جلدة الرأس

And the thamara: the skin of the head.

ومن المجاز: الثمرة من اللسان: طرفه

And metaphorically: the thamara of the tongue: its tip.

أخذ بثمرة لسانه، وقال: قل خرا تغنم، أو أمسك عن سوء تسلم

He took hold of the tip of his tongue and said: Speak good and gain, or refrain from evil and be safe.

ومن المجاز: الثمرة من السوط: عقدة أطرافه

And metaphorically: the thamara of the whip: the knot of its ends.

أمر عمر الجلاد أن يدق ثمرة سوطه

Umar ordered the whip-maker to soften the knot of his whip.

وقطعت ثمرة فلان، أي ظهره، ويعني به النسل

And so-and-so's thamara was cut off, meaning his back, and it refers to his offspring.

ما تسأل عمن ذبلت بشرته، وقطعت ثمرته

Why do you ask about one whose skin has withered and whose lineage has been cut off?

الولد ثمرة القلب

The child is the fruit of the heart.

إذا مات ولد العبد قال الله لملائكته: قبضتم ثمرة فؤاده؟ فيقولون: نعم

When a servant's child dies, Allah says to His angels: Did you take the fruit of his heart? They say: Yes.

ونقص من الاموال والانفس والثمرات

And [there will be] deficiency in wealth, lives, and fruits.

ثمر الشجر وأثمر: صار فيه الثمر

The tree bore fruit and became fruitful: fruit appeared on it.

والمثمر: ما بلغ أن يجنى

And the fruiting one: that which has reached the stage of being harvested.

تخال ثامر جداده من فرادى برم أو تؤام

You harvest its ripe produce from single or twin fruits.

وشجر ثامر، إذا أدرك ثمره

And a thāmir tree, if its fruit has ripened.

ذاكيا نبتها، ثامرا فرعها

Its plant is vigorous, its branch bearing fruit.

والثمراء جمع الثمرة

And al-thumrā' is the plural of thamara.

تظل على الثمراء منها جورس

They [bees] stay on the fruiting trees.

وقيل: الثمراء في بيت أبي ذؤيب (شجرة بعينها، و) قيل: إسم جبل، وهو (هضبة بشق الطائف مما يلي السراة)

And it was said: Al-thumrā' in the verse of Abu Dhu'ayb is a specific tree, and it was said: the name of a mountain, which is a plateau in the direction of Taif towards Al-Sirat.

والثمراء (من الشجر: ما خرج ثمرها)

And al-thumrā' (of trees): that which has produced its fruit.

والثمراء (الأرض الكثيرة الثمر)

And al-thumrā' (land): land with abundant fruit.

إذا كثر حمل الشجرة، أو ثمر الأرض، فهي ثمراء

If the tree's load is heavy, or the land's fruit is abundant, it is thumrā'.

أرض ثميرة: كثيرة الثمر

A thumayrah land: abundant in fruit.

ثمر الرجل، كنصر، ثمورا: تمول

The man became wealthy, like naṣara, thumūrā: he acquired wealth.

ثمر للغنم ثمورا: جمع لها الثمر، أي الشجر

Thumūrā for sheep: gathering trees for them, meaning shrubs.

ومال ثمر ككتف ومثمور: كثير

And wealth, thamar like 'katif' and mathmūr: abundant.

وقد ثمر ماله يثمر: كثر

And his wealth increased, yathamuru: it became abundant.

وقوم مثمورون: كثيرو لمال

And people who are mathmūrūn: having much wealth.

والثميرة: ما يظهر من الزبد قبل أن يجتمع

And al-thumayrah: what appears of froth before it gathers.

والثميرة: اللبن الذي ظهر زبده، أو هو الذي لم يخرج زبده، كالثمير، فيهما

And al-thumayrah: the milk from which froth has appeared, or that which has not yet produced its froth, like al-thmayr, in both cases.

قال لجارية: هل عندك قرى؟ قالت: نعم، خبز خمير، ولبن ثمير، وحيس جمير

He said to a slave girl: Do you have hospitality? She said: Yes, leavened bread, frothy milk, and packed food.

ثمر السقاء تثميرا، إذا ظهر عليه تحبب الزبد، كأثمر

The waterskin became frothy, when the curdling of froth appeared on it, like athmara.

وأثمر الزبد: اجتمع

And the froth gathered, athmara.

وذلك عند الرؤوب

And that is when the milk is about to turn.

هو المثمر

It is the mithmar (frothy).

وما دامت صغارا فهو ثمير

And as long as they are small, it is thmayr.

إن لبنك لحسن الثمر

Indeed, your milk has good froth.

وقد أثمر مخاضك

And your churning has produced froth.

وهي ثميرة اللبن أيضا

And it is also the thumayrah of the milk.

أكفانا الله مضيره، وأسقانا ثميره

May Allah protect us from its bitterness and give us to drink its sweetness (froth).

ثمر النبات تثميرا: نفض نوره، وعقد ثمره

The plant shed its blossoms, tathmīrā: it dropped its flowers and set its fruit.

ثمر الرجل ماله تثميرا: نماه وكثره

The man increased his wealth, tathmīrā: he grew it and multiplied it.

ويقال: ثمر الله مالك

And it is said: May Allah increase your wealth.

وأثمر الرجل: كثر ماله

And the man became wealthy: his wealth increased.

يثمر ثمرا فيه حموضة

It yields a fruit with sourness.

فأسقته أجفاني بسيح وقاطر فأثمر هما لا يبيد وحسرة لقلبي

And my eyelids watered it with flowing and dripping water, and it bore a lasting sorrow and regret for my heart.

وتثمر حاجة الآمال نجحا إذا ما كان فيها ذا احتيال

And the need for hopes bears success if there is cunning in it.

زبرجد قد أثمر الدرا

Emeralds that have borne pearls.

سيثمر لي ما أثمر الطلع حائط

It will bear for me what the blossom of a wall bears.

والثامر: اللوبياء

And al-thāmir: lentils.

والثامر: نور الحماض، وهو أحمر

And al-thāmir: the blossom of sour grass, which is red.

من علق كثامر الحماض

Like one who wears the blossom of sour grass.

ابن ثمير: الليل المقمر

Ibn thumayr: the moonlit night.

وإني لمن عبس وإن قال قائل على زعمهم ما أثمر ابن ثمير

And I am from 'Abas, even if someone says, according to their claim, that Ibn Thumayr did not bear fruit (i.e., it was not a moonlit night).

وثمر: واد

And thamar: a valley.

وثمر بالتحريك؛ لا باليمن من قرى ذمار

And thamar, with vowel marks; a village in Yemen, from the villages of Dhamar.

ثمير: كزبير: جد محمد بن عبد الرحيم بن ثمير المحدث الثميري المصري

Thumayr: like Zubayr: the grandfather of Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahim bin Thumayr, the Egyptian Hadith scholar.

ما نفسي لك بثمرة

My soul does not have any sweetness for you.

فعطاه صفقة يده، وثمرة قلبه

So he gave him the grasp of his hand and the fruit of his heart (i.e., his sincere pledge).

وخصني بثمرة قلبه، أي بمودته

And he singled me out with the fruit of his heart, meaning his affection.

وثامر الحلم: تامه

And thāmir al-ḥulm: its completion (maturity).

والخمر ليست من أخيك ولا كن قد تغر بثامر الحلم

And wine is not from your brother, but it might deceive with mature intellect.

والعقل المثمر: عقل المسلم

And the fruitful intellect: the intellect of a Muslim.

وفي السماء ثمرة وثمر: لطخ من سحاب

And in the sky, thamara and thamar: a smear of cloud.

كقولك: ثمرة العلم العمل الصالح

Like your saying: The fruit of knowledge is righteous action.