Arabic root

ث-م-ن

Tha-Mim-Nun

4 words from this root family

About this root

Tha-Mim-Nun (ث-م-ن) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: thamāniya (eight), thaman (cost / price), thamānūna (eighty), ath-thāmin (eighth).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 19 times in 19 verses, across 13 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:41. The form ثَمَن (cost / price) accounts for 11 of them.

Themes: Numbers, Basics, Shopping, Numbers Tens, Numbers Ordinals

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
ثَمَانِيَة thamāniya	eight	numeral, A1	4×	Numbers 0-9
ثَمَن thaman	cost / price	noun, A2	11×	At the Market
ثَمَانُونَ thamānūna	eighty	numeral, A1		Remaining Tens & Compound Numbers
الثَّامِن ath-thāmin	eighth	adjective, A1		Large Numbers & Ordinals

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍۭ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا وَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱتَّقُونِ

And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already (of the Scripture), and be not first to disbelieve therein, and part not with My revelations for a trifling price, and keep your duty unto Me.

Quran 2:41

ثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ ۖ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖ نَبِّـُٔونِى بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of the goats twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Expound to me (the case) with knowledge, if ye are truthful.

Quran 6:143

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَـٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَـٰدَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

And those who accuse honourable women but bring not four witnesses, scourge them (with) eighty stripes and never (afterward) accept their testimony - They indeed are evil-doers -

Quran 24:4

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).