ثمنة

Arabic

Root
ث م ن (ṯ m n)
8 terms

Alternative forms

• ثُمْنِيَّة (ṯumniyya), pl. ثَمَانِيّ (ṯamāniyy)
• ثُمْن (ṯumn), i.e. the normal word for ’an eighth’
• ثَمِين (ṯamīn), pl. أَثْمَان (ʔaṯmān)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θum.na/

Noun

ثُمْنَة • (ṯumna) f (plural ثُمَنَات (ṯumanāt) or ثُمْنَات (ṯumnāt))

1. a dry measure
   1. (Yemen) ¹⁄₈ of a قَدَح (qadaḥ)
   2. (Egypt, historical) ¹⁄₈ of a قَدَح (qadaḥ), 0.258 liters
   3. (Ottoman Syria) ¹⁄₈ of a مُدّ (mudd): in Northern Syria and Palestine 2.25 liters, in Southern Syria including Damascus 2.5 liters

Declension

Declension of noun ثُمْنَة (ṯumna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُمْنَة ṯumna	الثُّمْنَة aṯ-ṯumna	ثُمْنَة ṯumnat
Nominative	ثُمْنَةٌ ṯumnatun	الثُّمْنَةُ aṯ-ṯumnatu	ثُمْنَةُ ṯumnatu
Accusative	ثُمْنَةً ṯumnatan	الثُّمْنَةَ aṯ-ṯumnata	ثُمْنَةَ ṯumnata
Genitive	ثُمْنَةٍ ṯumnatin	الثُّمْنَةِ aṯ-ṯumnati	ثُمْنَةِ ṯumnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُمْنَتَيْن ṯumnatayn	الثُّمْنَتَيْن aṯ-ṯumnatayn	ثُمْنَتَيْ ṯumnatay
Nominative	ثُمْنَتَانِ ṯumnatāni	الثُّمْنَتَانِ aṯ-ṯumnatāni	ثُمْنَتَا ṯumnatā
Accusative	ثُمْنَتَيْنِ ṯumnatayni	الثُّمْنَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯumnatayni	ثُمْنَتَيْ ṯumnatay
Genitive	ثُمْنَتَيْنِ ṯumnatayni	الثُّمْنَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯumnatayni	ثُمْنَتَيْ ṯumnatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُمَنَات‎; ثُمْنَات ṯumanāt‎; ṯumnāt	الثُّمَنَات‎; الثُّمْنَات aṯ-ṯumanāt‎; aṯ-ṯumnāt	ثُمَنَات‎; ثُمْنَات ṯumanāt‎; ṯumnāt
Nominative	ثُمَنَاتٌ‎; ثُمْنَاتٌ ṯumanātun‎; ṯumnātun	الثُّمَنَاتُ‎; الثُّمْنَاتُ aṯ-ṯumanātu‎; aṯ-ṯumnātu	ثُمَنَاتُ‎; ثُمْنَاتُ ṯumanātu‎; ṯumnātu
Accusative	ثُمَنَاتٍ‎; ثُمْنَاتٍ ṯumanātin‎; ṯumnātin	الثُّمَنَاتِ‎; الثُّمْنَاتِ aṯ-ṯumanāti‎; aṯ-ṯumnāti	ثُمَنَاتِ‎; ثُمْنَاتِ ṯumanāti‎; ṯumnāti
Genitive	ثُمَنَاتٍ‎; ثُمْنَاتٍ ṯumanātin‎; ṯumnātin	الثُّمَنَاتِ‎; الثُّمْنَاتِ aṯ-ṯumanāti‎; aṯ-ṯumnāti	ثُمَنَاتِ‎; ثُمْنَاتِ ṯumanāti‎; ṯumnāti

Descendants

• Maltese: tomna

References

• Batatu, Hanna (1999) Syria's peasantry, the descendants of its lesser rural notables, and their politics‎^[1], Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 358–359, end note 9 to chapter three
• Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57b
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ثمنة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 128b