What does the root of ثَمَرَ mean?

The root ث م ر (ṯ-m-r) centers on fruit and, by extension, on increase or abundance — it gives ثَمَرٌ "fruit" and, tropically, "wealth."

ثَمَرَ bore in Arabic

ثَمَرَ is how you say “bore” in Arabic.

Root ث م ر ṯ-m-r. verb (form I). ṯamara.

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Meaning of bore in Arabic

to bear fruit (of a tree) the base sense of the root, shared with the form IV verb أَثْمَرَ
(of fruit) to ripen, become ripe
to gather fodder trees or shrubs for livestock used with لِـ, as in ثَمَرَ لِلْغَنَم, "he gathered trees for the sheep or goats"
(tropical) to become abundant, of a person's wealth an extension of the fruit-bearing sense to increase in property

Example sentence

لحظة أثمرت حرارة القلق ألف سنة،

A moment bore the heat of anxiety for a thousand years.

أَثْمَرَتْ it bore

Past-tense verb 'bore fruit, produced'; the '-at' ending marks the feminine subject ('a moment').

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How it is used

Used literally of a tree producing or ripening its fruit, and of gathering fodder-trees for livestock. The same root, via the fruit metaphor, is also applied tropically to a person's wealth "bearing" increase — a figurative extension common across the ثمر family, including derived terms for property, offspring, and profit.

Words from the same root

ثَمَرٌ fruit (of trees); also, tropically, wealth or offspring
ثِمَارٌ fruits (plural of ثَمَرٌ)
ثَمَرَةٌ a single fruit; tropically, a child or offspring
أَثْمَرَ to put forth fruit, bear fruit; tropically, to grow wealthy
ثَمَّرَ (of a plant) to set and compact its fruit; to increase one's wealth
ثُمْرٌ wealth, property (a variant of ثَمَرٌ in this sense)

Common questions

How do you say "bear fruit" in Arabic?: ثَمَرَ (ṯamara).
What does the root of ثَمَرَ mean?: The root ث م ر (ṯ-m-r) centers on fruit and, by extension, on increase or abundance — it gives ثَمَرٌ "fruit" and, tropically, "wealth."

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Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).