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نَفْع
benefit /ˈnafʕ/
nounB2#3173 most common
Also: use, usefulness, advantage
Example sentences
في هذا الكتاب نفعٌ.
There is benefit in this book.
هذا الدواء فيه نفعٌ كبير.
This medicine has great benefit.
ما النفع من هذا العمل؟
What is the benefit of this work?
نفع العلم لا يقتصر على صاحبه.
The benefit of knowledge is not limited to its owner.
يسعى التاجر إلى تحقيق أكبر نفع ممكن من تجارته.
The merchant seeks to achieve the greatest possible benefit from his trade.
اختلف الفقهاء حول موازنة النفع والضرر في هذه المسألة.
The jurists disagreed over weighing benefit against harm in this matter.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَفْعٌ | نُفُوعٌ |
| Genitive | نَفْعٍ | نُفُوعٍ |
| Accusative | نَفْعًا | نُفُوعًا |
| Vocative | يا نَفْعُ | يا نُفُوعُ |
Word family
نافعbeneficial, useful
مَنفعةbenefit, utility
يَنفعbenefits, is useful (present tense)
انتفعto benefit from, make use of
مُنتفِعbeneficiary, user
Etymology
Nafʿ comes from the Semitic root n-f-ʕ, meaning to be of use or to help. It is the maṣdar, or verbal noun, of the base-form verb nafaʿa, he benefited or was useful. The root shows up across the Quran and classical prose whenever a writer weighs advantage against harm.
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