Learn Arabic › B1 › نَفَع
نَفَع
to benefit, to be of use to /naˈfaʕa/
verbB1#2372 most common
Also: to help, to do good, to be useful
Example sentences
هَذَا الدَّوَاءُ يَنْفَعُ.
This medicine works.
هَلْ يَنْفَعُكَ هَذَا الكِتَابُ؟
Does this book help you?
نَصِيحَتُهُ نَفَعَتْنِي كَثِيرًا.
His advice benefited me a great deal.
لَا يَنْفَعُ النَّدَمُ بَعْدَ فَوَاتِ الأَوَانِ.
Regret is of no use once it is too late.
قَدْ يَنْفَعُ عِلَاجٌ مَعَ مَرِيضٍ وَلَا يَنْفَعُ مَعَ آخَرَ.
A treatment may help one patient and fail to help another.
احْرِصْ عَلَى مَا يَنْفَعُكَ وَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْجَزْ.
Be keen on what benefits you, seek help from God, and do not give in to helplessness.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَنْفَعُ | نَفَعْتُ | سَأَنْفَعُ |
| 2sg | تَنْفَعُ | نَفَعْتَ | سَتَنْفَعُ |
| 3sg | يَنْفَعُ | نَفَعَ | سَيَنْفَعُ |
| 1pl | نَنْفَعُ | نَفَعْنَا | سَنَنْفَعُ |
| 2pl | تَنْفَعُونَ | نَفَعْتُمْ | سَتَنْفَعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَنْفَعُونَ | نَفَعُوا | سَيَنْفَعُونَ |
Word family
نَافِعuseful, beneficial
مَنْفَعَةbenefit, utility, interest
نَفْعbenefit, use, advantageمُنْتَفِعbeneficiary, one who benefits
اِنْتَفَعَto benefit from, make use of
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root n-f-ʕ, which carries the core sense of benefit or usefulness across its derived forms. Classical Arabic dictionaries treat نفع as a basic, old root with no borrowed origin. Its opposite, ضرّ (to harm), appears constantly alongside it in Quranic and everyday usage, forming a stock pair for benefit versus harm.
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