أنعم

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ن ع م (n-ʕ-m)

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

أَنْعَمَ (ʔanʕama) IV, non-past يُنْعِمُ‎ (yunʕimu)

  1. to make good, nice
  2. to bestow, to confer (على - upon)
    اللهُ يُنْعِمُ عَلَيْنَا بِنِعْمَةِ الصِّحَّةِ وَالْأَمَانِ.
    allāhu yunʕimu ʕalaynā biniʕmati ṣ-ṣiḥḥati wālʔamāni.
    God bestows upon us the blessings of health and safety.
Conjugation[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

أَنْعُم (ʔanʕumpl

  1. plural of نِعْمَة (niʕma)

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ن ع م (n-ʕ-m)

Elative of نَاعِم (nāʕim, soft; smooth).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

أَنْعَم (ʔanʕam)

  1. elative degree of نَاعِم (nāʕim):
    1. softer; softest
    2. smoother; smoothest
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نعم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ن ع م
2 terms

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔan.ʕam/, [ˈʔan.ʕam]
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَنْعَمَ (ʔanʕama).

Verb[edit]

أنعم (ʔanʕam) IV (present نبعم (binʕim))

  1. (formal) to confer favour, to bestow favour
    الله ينعم عليك!
    ʔaḷḷa yinʕim ʕalēk!
    May Good give you pleasure! (response to نعيما (naʕīman))
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of أنعم (ʔanʕam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أنعمت (ʔanʕamt) أنعمت (ʔanʕamt) أنعم (ʔanʕam) أنعمنا (ʔanʕamna) أنعمتو (ʔanʕamtu) أنعمو (ʔanʕamu)
f انعمتي (ʔanʕamti) أنعمت (ʔanʕamat)
present m بنعم (banʕim) بتنعم (btinʕim) بنعم (binʕim) مننعم (mninʕim) بتنعمو (btinʕimu) بنعمو (binʕimu)
f بتنعمي (btinʕimi) بتنعم (btinʕim)
subjunctive m انعم (anʕim) تنعم (tinʕim) ينعم (yinʕim) ننعم (ninʕim) تنعمو (tinʕimu) ينعمو (yinʕimu)
f تنعمي (tinʕimi) تنعم (tinʕim)
imperative m انعم (inʕim) انعمو (inʕimu)
f انعمي (inʕimi)

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

أنعم (ʔanʕam)

  1. elative degree of ناعم (nāʕem): softer