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تِين
fig (the fruit, and by extension the fig tree) /ˈtiːn/
nounB1#2341 most common
Also: fig tree
Example sentences
أحبُّ التِّين.
I like figs.
التِّين فاكهةٌ حلوةٌ.
Figs are a sweet fruit.
اشترتْ أمي تينًا طازجًا من السوق.
My mother bought fresh figs from the market.
تنمو أشجار التِّين جيدًا في المناطق الدافئة.
Fig trees grow well in warm regions.
خصَّص القرآن سورةً كاملة باسم التِّين والزيتون.
The Quran devotes an entire surah to the name of the fig and the olive.
يُعَدُّ دبس التِّين المُرَكَّز من أشهى المحليات التقليدية في بلاد الشام.
Concentrated fig syrup is one of the most prized traditional sweeteners in the Levant.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تِينٌ | تِينَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تِينٍ | تِينَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تِينًا | تِينَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تِينُ | يا تِينَاتُ |
Word family
تِينةa single fig, or a single fig tree (feminine singulative)
تِيناتindividual figs or fig trees, counted
تين شوكيprickly pear (literally 'thorny fig')
Etymology
تِين is an old Semitic word for the fig, sharing its consonant pattern with related terms in other Semitic languages for the same fruit. Arabic treats it as a collective noun, with تينة marking a single fig or fig tree. The word appears in pre-Islamic poetry and later gained religious weight through Quranic use.
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