Rizwan Zubair

Root ن ع م n-ʿ-m

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ن ع مn-ʿ-m

(س، ک) نَعِمَ يَنْعَمُ وَنَعُمَ يَنْعُمُ نَعْمَةً وَنَعِيْمًاnaʿima yanʿamu wa-naʿuma yanʿumu naʿmatan wa-naʿīman: to be prosperous, to live in ease; to be verdant and fresh. (This verb is not used in the Quran.) From this root, however, comes «نِعْمَniʿma» (verb of praise, inert, fiʿl jāmid): how excellent! ﴿نِعْمَ الْمَوْلٰى وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيْرُ﴾ (Al-Anfāl 8:40)

نَعْمَةٌnaʿmah (noun, ism dhāt): a state of ease and comfort, prosperity. ﴿وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوْا فِيْهَا فٰكِهِيْنَ﴾ (Ad-Dukhān 44:27)

نِعْمَةٌniʿmah pl. اَنْعُمٌ وَنِعَمٌanʿum wa-niʿam (noun, ism dhāt): that which is a means of ease and comfort, a blessing. ﴿وَاَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ﴾ (Aḍ-Ḍuḥā 93:11); ﴿شَاكِرًا لِّاَنْعُمِهِۦ﴾ (An-Naḥl 16:121)

نَعْمَآءُnaʿmāʾu (noun, ism dhāt): comfort, ease. ﴿وَلَئِنْ اَذَقْنٰهُ نَعْمَآءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ﴾ (Hūd 11:10)

نَعِيْمٌnaʿīm (adjective/noun, ism dhāt, on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): lasting prosperity, everlasting bliss. ﴿اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ لَفِيْ نَعِيْمٍ﴾ (Al-Infiṭār 82:13)

نَاعِمَةٌnāʿimah (active participle, ism fāʿil, feminine): fresh, at ease. ﴿وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ﴾ (Al-Ghāshiyah 88:8)

نَعَمٌnaʿam pl. اَنْعَامٌanʿām (noun, ism dhāt): livestock, cattle (which are a blessing from God). ﴿وَالْاَنْعَامَ خَلَقَهَا لَكُمْ فِيْهَا دِفْءٌ﴾ (An-Naḥl 16:5)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَنْعَمَ يُنْعِمُ اِنْعَامًاanʿama yunʿimu inʿāman: to bestow a blessing, to confer favour. ﴿صِرَاطَ الَّذِيْنَ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ﴾ (Al-Fātiḥah 1:7)

Form II (tafʿīl) نَعَّمَ يُنَعِّمُ تَنْعِيْمًاnaʿʿama yunaʿʿimu tanʿīman: to give abundant ease, to keep in luxury and comfort. ﴿فَاَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ﴾ (Al-Fajr 89:15)

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