Quranic root
تين
t · y · n
The attested lexical nucleus is تِينٌ, the familiar fig; the same noun is also reported for a mountain in an alternative interpretation of the Quranic oath.
The supplied root analysis treats تِينٌ as an isolated lexical item rather than establishing a broader abstract root principle. Classical usage extends it from the fig as tree or fruit to named varieties, fig gardens, and related trade terms.
- Maqāyīs · row 984
- Mufradāt · row 194
- Lane · entry 17012
- Lane · entry 17014
- Lane · entry 17015
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تِينٌ
tīnun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The fig: the fig tree, its edible fruit, or both.
In the Quranic oath at 95:1, the ordinary interpretation takes تِينٌ as the familiar fig, with the referent understood as the tree, the fruit, or both.
- Lane · entry 17012
- Mufradāt · row 194
Selected Quran examples
Quran 95:1word 1
“By the fig”
A mountain, in an alternative interpretation of the Quranic oath.
At 95:1, the paired terms تِين and زَيْتُون are also interpreted as two mountains or associated sacred places rather than the edible fruits. Reported identifications include locations in Syria or the Holy Land, but no single geographic identification is established here.
- Lane · entry 17012
- Mufradāt · row 194
Selected Quran examples
Quran 95:1word 1
“By the fig”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 95:1وَٱلتِّينِBy the fig
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 17 Classical meanings
تِينٌ
A named variety of fig, including the sycamore or Egyptian fig and, in later appellations, the Indian fig or prickly pear.
These are varietal or naming extensions of the fig noun, not separate Quranic senses.
- Lane · entry 17012
تِينَةٌ
The anus.
An anatomical use of the feminine derivative تِينَةٌ.
- Lane · entry 17012
تَيَّانٌ
A seller of figs.
- Lane · entry 17014
مَتَانَةٌ
A fig-garden; land abounding in figs.
- Lane · entry 17015
تَاهَ
To deviate from or miss the right way, lose one’s way, become perplexed, or be unable to see the right course; in an attested extension, to perish.
The verb is also used of a ship deviating from its course.
- Lane · entry 17016
تَاهَ
Of the eye or sight, to pass over or fail to notice someone.
A specialized construction with sight as the subject.
- Lane · entry 17016
تَاهَ
To look at something continually or continuously.
A reported specialized use of the sight-related construction.
- Lane · entry 17016
تَاهَ
To magnify oneself; behave proudly, haughtily, insolently, conceitedly, or vaingloriously.
This is a distinct personal-behavior use of the verb.
- Lane · entry 17016
تَيَّهَ
To make someone or something lose the way or become perplexed; reflexively, to bring oneself into confusion.
A causative Form II use, including the reflexive construction تَيَّهَ نَفْسَهُ.
- Lane · entry 17017
تَيَّهَ
To destroy, lose, abandon, or neglect someone or something; reflexively, to destroy oneself.
A further causative or resultative use of the Form II verb.
- Lane · entry 17017
تِيهٌ
A desert or land without landmarks in which one loses the way.
The term can designate a broad, signless wilderness; specifically, it is also used for the wilderness in which the Children of Israel were said to have lost their way.
- Lane · entry 17021
تَيْهَانٌ
Daring or bold.
An adjective applied in the cited usage to a man or a camel.
- Lane · entry 17023
تَيْهَانٌ
Pursuing a random or heedless course without a definite aim or object.
Applied to a man or camel; the feminine form is used for a she-camel.
- Lane · entry 17023
تَائِهٌ
Deviating from or losing the right way; becoming perplexed and unable to see the correct course.
The use may be figurative of a person desiring something but unable to find the right course in opinion or judgment.
- Lane · entry 17026
تَائِهٌ
Proud, haughty, insolent, conceited, or vainglorious.
The term can describe one who claims praise for qualities or accomplishments he does not possess; related intensive forms are also recorded.
- Lane · entry 17026
أَتْيَهُ
The most proud or conceited of people.
A reported superlative expression; the supplied evidence presents this interpretation tentatively.
- Lane · entry 17027
مِتْيَهٌ
A man characterized by excessive pride, conceit, or vanity, or by frequently losing the way.
A conventional noun combining the intensive personal and wandering uses of تِيه.
- Lane · entry 17029
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The mountain reading is an alternative interpretation of Quran 95:1, and the supplied evidence does not establish one modern geographic identification.
The supplied Lane primary set includes separately headed forms such as تَاهَ and تِيهٌ alongside تِينٌ. They have been retained under their own headwords rather than conflated with the Quranic noun; the packet does not independently explain the relation of those headed forms to the canonical QAC root.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The packet supplies Lane entries headed تَاهَ, تِيهٌ, and related derivatives within the primary context for تين, but provides no independent root-linkage explanation for that grouping. Their lexical content is represented under their supplied headwords, while the grouping itself remains unresolved.