ثَمَرٌ fruit in Arabic
ثَمَرٌ is how you say “fruit” in Arabic.
Root ث م ر ṯ-m-r. noun (collective noun / coll. gen. n.). ṯamar.
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Meaning of fruit in Arabic
- fruit; the fruit of trees a collective noun for the various kinds of fruit a tree produces, whether or not it is eaten
- (tropical) property or wealth, especially once increased and multiplied some read this sense into Qur'an 18:32 rather than literal 'fruit'
- (tropical) gold and silver given by some commentators for Qur'an 18:32, though not attested as ordinary usage
- trees, or shrubs
Example sentence
وإن غرست شَجَرَة الجهل والهوى كان الثمر مرًّا
If the tree of ignorance and desire is planted, the fruit will be bitter.
الثَّمَرُ the fruit
al- = 'the'; thamar means 'fruit'; the '-u' ending marks it as the subject ('the fruit').
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
ثَمَرٌ occurs in the Qur'an (18:32), where commentators disagree on whether it means literal fruit or, figuratively, wealth and property (some even gloss it as gold and silver); outside that context it is the ordinary word for the fruit of a tree.
Words from the same root
- ثَمَرَ to ripen (of fruit)
- ثمّر to set and organize its fruit (of a plant); to make wealth abundant
- اثمر to put forth or bear fruit; to become abundant in wealth
- ثِمَارٌ fruits (plural of thamar)
- ثُمْرٌ variant of thamar, sharing its senses of fruit and wealth
- مُثْمِرٌ fruit-bearing (a tree that has put forth its fruit)
More example sentences
مِثَال تولد الطَّاعَة ونموها وتزايدها كَمثل نواة غرستها فَصَارَت شَجَرَة ثمَّ أثمرت فَأكلت ثَمَرهَا وغرست نَوَاهَا،
The example of the birth, growth, and increase of obedience is like a seed you plant, which becomes a tree, then it bears fruit, and you eat its fruit and plant its seeds,
ثَمَرَها its fruit
thamar means 'fruit'; the ending '-ha' adds 'its' — 'its fruit'; the object of 'ate'.
فَكلما أثمر مِنْهَا شَيْء جنيت ثمره وغرست نَوَاه
So whenever something from it bears fruit, you harvest its fruit and plant its seeds.
ثَمَرَهُ its fruit
thamar means 'fruit'; the ending '-hu' adds 'its' — 'its fruit'; the object of 'harvested'.
إن وجدتَ قلبَك ألينَ، ولسانَك أصدقَ، ويَدَك أعدلَ، فذلك ثمرُه
If you find your heart softer, your tongue more truthful, and your hand more just, that is its fruit.
ثَمَرُهُ its fruit
'its fruit' — 'thamar' with 'its' attached, the nominative predicate ('that is its fruit'). The 'its' points back to the remembrance: these changes are what it yields.
فلما أقلعت أطلعت الثمر،
So when they cleared, they brought forth fruit,
الثَّمَرَ the fruit
This noun is the object of 'brought forth', shown by its accusative ending, which marks what receives the action. The 'the' makes it the specific fruit, the produce that the cleared sky and watered earth brought out, closing the line.
Common questions
- How do you say "fruit" in Arabic?
- ثَمَرٌ (ṯamar).
- Does ثَمَرٌ only mean 'fruit'?
- No — besides literal fruit, it is used figuratively for abundant wealth or property, and by some Qur'an commentators for gold and silver.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).