Core sense — fruit, the fruit of trees; property, or wealth; offspring, a childgenerated
1the fruit of trees; the several kinds of fruit—ثَمُرٌ
the fruit of trees; the several kinds of fruit—ثِيمَارٌ
[Collective generic nouns.] The fruit which a tree produces, whether it is eaten or not.
Plural of the first, ثِمَارٌ; plural of that plural, ثُمُرٌ; and plural of that in turn, أَثْمَارٌ.
The plural of أَثْمَارٌ is أَثَامِيرُ. Or ثُمُرٌ is the plural of ثَمَرٌ; or it may be the plural of ثَمَرَةٌ, because its form is commoner as the plural of a word of that form than of the form of ثِمَارٌ.
ثَمَرَةٌ is the ism waḥda of ثَمَرٌ, and ثَمُرَةٌ is that of ثَمُرٌ.
The plural of ثَمَرَةٌ is ثَمَرَاتٌ and ثَمْرَآءُ [or rather this last is an ism jamʿ].
ثَمُرَةٌ, which none but Sb mentions, has, according to him, no broken plural.
IHsh says that there is no word like ثَمَرٌ in its series of plurals except أَكَمٌ. See أَكَمَةٌ.
1.1figurative · مجازproperty, or wealth, increased and multiplied—ثَمَرٌ
Also written ثَمُرٌ, ثُمْرٌ, ثَمَارٌ, ثِيمَارٌ, or ثَيْمَارٌ; of the last three, the first is disapproved by several writers, and some say that it stands for ثَمَرٌ, the second vowel being lengthened for the sake of the metre.
I'Ab: various kinds of property or wealth, increased and multiplied, and gained, or acquired, for oneself.
According to Mujáhid, ثَمَرٌ in the Qur'ān means fruit, and ثَمُرٌ property, or wealth; but Yoo did not accept this, apparently holding both to mean the same.
In the Qur'ān 18:32, AA read ثُمْرٌ and explained it as meaning kinds of property or wealth.
Qur’ān 18:34 approximate — somewhere between 18:1 and 18:42 Lane cites “Kur xviii. 32”
Qur’ān 18:34 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا(Abundant) was the produce this man had: he said to his companion, in the course of a mutual argument: "more wealth have I than you, and more honour and power in (my following of) men."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.2figurative · مجازgold and silver—ثَمَرٌ
So according to Mujáhid in the Qur'ān 18:32, but this is not known in the proper language.
Qur’ān 18:34 approximate — somewhere between 18:1 and 18:42 Lane cites “Kur xviii. 32”
Qur’ān 18:34 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا(Abundant) was the produce this man had: he said to his companion, in the course of a mutual argument: "more wealth have I than you, and more honour and power in (my following of) men."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.3a tree [or shrub]—ثَمَرَةٌ
And trees [or shrubs].
[In the CK, wrongly, ثَمْرَة.]
1.4figurative · مجازa child, or son—ثَمَرَةٌ
[The ism waḥda. In the CK, wrongly, ثَمْرَة.]
a child, or son—ثَمَرَةُ القَلْبِ
a child, or son—ثَمَرَةُ الفُؤَادِ
[Other meanings of this word are given below.]
[Literally, like the expression just before it, fruit of the heart.]
According to some, in the Qur'ān 2:150, الثَّمَرَات means الأَوْلَاد [or children] and الأَحْفَاد [or grandchildren, and the like].
Qur’ān 2:155 approximate — somewhere between 2:151 and 2:156 Lane cites “Kur ii. 150”
Qur’ān 2:155 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَBe sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere,Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhis [power of] procreating was cut off—قُطِعَتْ ثَمَرَتُهُ
Or: his desire for sexual intercourse was cut off. [Another meaning of this phrase is given below.]
Progeny, or offspring. [Whence, apparently, the phrase that follows.]
1.6figurative · مجاز — inferredthere is no profit in it—لَيْسَ لَهُ ثَمَرَةٌ
the increase of property—ثَمَرَةُ مَالٍ
on this sense The fruit of a thing, meaning its profit: the fruit of knowledge is good works, and the fruit of good works is Paradise. Hence the phrases that follow.
1.7figurative · مجازthe knots of the extremities of whips—ثَمَرٌ
The knot at the extremity, or extremities, of a whip, so called because it is like a fruit in its shape and in the way it hangs.
Or the singular means the end of a whip; or, more correctly, the tail, which is [the appendage that forms] the end of a whip, its عَذَبَة.
1.8figurative · مجاز
The extremity, or tip, of the tongue; or its lower extremity.
1.9figurative · مجازsuch a one was circumcised—قُطِعَتْ ثَمَرَةُ فُلَانٍ
A man's prepuce; plural ثِمَارٌ. Hence the phrases that follow.
[Another meaning of the first of these phrases has been mentioned above.]
they were circumcised—قُطِعَتْ ثِمَارُهُمْ
1.10figurative · مجاز — inferred
The skin of the head.
1.11figurative · مجازthe heart's core; the black, or inner, part of the heart—ثَمَرَةُ القَلْبِ
[One meaning of this word has been given above.] Synonymous with سُوَيْدَاؤُهُ and حَبَّتُهُ. See art. حب.
[he distinguished me specially] by his love, or affection—خَصَّنِى بِثَمَرَةِ قَلْبِهِ
[he gave him his ratification of the bargain, and] his sincerest agreement—أَعْطَاهُ صَفْقَةَ يَدِهِ وَثَمَرَةَ قَلْبِهِ
1.12figurative · مجازin the sky is a small portion of cloud—فِى السِّمَآءِ ثَمَرَةٌ
in the sky is a small portion of cloud—ثَمَرٌ
1.13
For ثَمَرُ الحِنَّآءِ, see art. حنأ.
Qur’ānic occurrences ثَمَر
6:99
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ نَبَاتَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهُ خَضِرًا نُّخْرِجُ مِنْهُ حَبًّا مُّتَرَاكِبًا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّخْلِ مِن طَلْعِهَا قِنْوَانٌ دَانِيَةٌ وَجَنَّـٰتٍ مِّنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُشْتَبِهًا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَـٰبِهٍ ۗ ٱنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَيَنْعِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكُمْ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَIt is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): when they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof. Behold! in these things there are signs for people who believe.
6:141
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ جَنَّـٰتٍ مَّعْرُوشَـٰتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَـٰتٍ وَٱلنَّخْلَ وَٱلزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَـٰبِهًا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَـٰبِهٍ ۚ كُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَءَاتُوا۟ حَقَّهُۥ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَIt is He Who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered. But waste not by excess: for Allah loveth not the wasters.
18:34
وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا(Abundant) was the produce this man had: he said to his companion, in the course of a mutual argument: "more wealth have I than you, and more honour and power in (my following of) men."
18:42
وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًاSo his fruits (and enjoyment) were encompassed (with ruin), and he remained twisting and turning his hands over what he had spent on his property, which had (now) tumbled to pieces to its very foundations, and he could only say, "Woe is me! Would I had never ascribed partners to my Lord and Cherisher!"
36:35
لِيَأْكُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَThat they may enjoy the fruits of this (artistry): It was not their hands that made this: will they not then give thanks?
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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(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 ثَمْرَآءُ : (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 .) 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;) 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.) ثَمَرٌ also signifies 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.) And Trees [or shrubs]: (TA:) and ثَمَرَةٌ a tree [or shrub]. (Th, M, K. [In the CK, erroneously, ثَمْرَة .]) And [the n. un.] ثَمَرَةٌ , [in the CK, erroneously, ثَمْرَة ,] 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.) Progeny; or offspring. (K.) [Whence, app.,] قُطِعَتْ ثَمَرَتُهُ 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.] 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 There is no profit pertaining to it. (Msb.) [Hence also,] ثَمَرَةُ مَالٍ The increase of property. (A.) 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.) The extremity, (T, K,) or tip, (A,) of the tongue: (T, A, K:) or its lower extremity. (IAth, TA.) A man's prepuce: pl. ثِمَارٌ : so in the phrases قُطِعَتْ ثَمَرَةُ فُلَانٍ , and قُطِعَتْ ثِمَارُهُمْ , meaning Such a one was circumcised, and they were circumcised. (A.) [Another meaning of the former of these phrases has been mentioned above.] The skin of the head. (ISh, T, K.) ثَمَرَةُ القَلْبِ [of which one meaning has been given above] also signifies 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 [He distinguished me peculiarly, or specially,] by his love, or affection. (A, TA.) And أَعْطَاهُ صَفْقَةَ يَدِهِ وَثَمَرَةَ قَلْبِهِ [He gave him his ratification of the bargain, and] his sincerest agreement. (A, TA.) فِى السِّمَآءِ ثَمَرَةٌ and ثَمَرٌ In the sky is a small portion, or quantity, of cloud. (A, TA.) ثَمَرُ الحِنَّآءِ : see art. حنأ . See also ثَمِيرٌ .