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ثَمِين
precious /θaˈmiːn/
adjectiveB1#2437 most common
Also: valuable, costly, priceless
Example sentences
خاتمي ثمينٌ جدًا.
My ring is very precious.
اشترى أبي ساعة ثمينة من السوق.
My father bought a precious watch at the market.
هذه اللوحة ثمينة وتساوي الكثير من المال.
This painting is precious and worth a lot of money.
الوقت شيء ثمين يجب أن نحافظ عليه.
Time is a precious thing that we must guard carefully.
عثر علماء الآثار على حجر ثمين نادر في أعماق الكهف.
Archaeologists found a rare precious stone deep in the cave.
رغم أن الخبرة التي اكتسبها خلال الأزمة كانت ثمينة، فضّل عدم الحديث عنها علنًا.
Although the experience he gained during the crisis was precious, he chose not to speak of it publicly.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثمينٌ | ثمينونَ |
| Genitive | ثمينٍ | ثمينينَ |
| Accusative | ثمينًا | ثمينينَ |
| Vocative | يا ثمينُ | يا ثمينونَ |
Word family
ثَمَن (thaman)price, cost
أَثْمَن (athman)more precious, more valuable
ثَمَّن (thammana)to value, to appreciate
تَثْمِين (tathmīn)valuation, appreciation
Etymology
Thamīn comes from the Arabic triliteral root th-m-n, the same root behind thaman, meaning price or cost. The pattern faʿīl, seen in words like karīm (generous) and jamīl (beautiful), turns a root about price into an adjective describing something that carries great worth. So thamīn literally frames an object as one whose price is high.
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