Food & drinkRoot 3 of 12 in this field
ت-م-ر
dates (the fruit)
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Words from this root
4 words in 4 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعْل تَمْرٌ
dates (dried, as food)
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- Plural
- تُمُورٌ
فَعْلَة تَمْرَةٌ
one date
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- Plural
- تَمَرَاتٌ
فَعَّال Profession / intensive فَعَّال
فَعَّال = the professional who does it all day
See this pattern across the mapتَمَّارٌ
date seller
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فَعَّلَ تَمَّرَ
to dry (fresh dates) into تَمْر
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- يُتَمِّرُ
rare; included to show the verb pattern
How the patterns shape this root
تَمْر is dates as food — the plate offered with Arabic coffee. Arabic names one item with ة: تَمْرَة, a single date, and the plural تُمُور means kinds of dates. The seller is تَمَّار on the profession pattern فَعَّال. This root is small: unlike ك-ت-ب it has almost no verbs, because dates are a thing, not an action.