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ثَمَن
price /ˈθa.man/
nounA2#761 most common
Also: cost, value
Example sentences
ما ثَمَنُ هٰذا؟
What is the price of this?
ثَمَنُ القَهوةِ ثَلاثةُ دولارات.
The price of the coffee is three dollars.
دَفَعْتُ ثَمَنَ الكِتابِ أمسِ.
I paid the price of the book yesterday.
ارتَفَعَت أَثمانُ الخُضارِ في السّوقِ هٰذا الأُسبوعَ.
Vegetable prices rose in the market this week.
الحُرِّيّةُ غاليةٌ ولا تُقدَّرُ بِثَمَنٍ.
Freedom is precious and cannot be measured by any price.
دَفَعَ الشَّعبُ ثَمَناً باهِظاً نَتيجةَ قَراراتِ حُكّامِهِ الخاطِئةِ.
The people paid a heavy price as a result of their rulers' wrong decisions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَمَنٌ | أَثْمانٌ |
| Genitive | ثَمَنٍ | أَثْمانٍ |
| Accusative | ثَمَناً | أَثْماناً |
| Vocative | يا ثَمَنُ | يا أَثْمانُ |
Word family
ثَمينprecious, valuable
ثَمَّنَto value, to appraise
تَثْمينappraisal, valuation
أَثْمانprices (plural)
مُثَمَّنappraised, valued
Etymology
ثَمَن comes from the Semitic root th-m-n, tied to the ideas of price and value. Classical dictionaries connect it to paying or giving something in exchange for goods. The same root produces the adjective ثَمين (precious) and the verb ثَمَّنَ (to appraise).
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