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نَقْمَة
vengeance /ˈnaq.ma/
nounB1#2421 most common
Also: retribution, misfortune or curse (the opposite of a blessing), God's wrath
Example sentences
هذا المرض نقمة كبيرة على العائلة.
This illness is a great affliction for the family.
تحولت النعمة إلى نقمة بين ليلة وضحاها.
The blessing turned into a curse overnight.
يشعر بالنقمة تجاه من ظلمه في عمله.
He feels resentment toward those who wronged him at work.
عبّر الكاتب عن نقمته على الفساد المنتشر في البلاد.
The writer expressed his indignation at the corruption spreading through the country.
كانت نقمة الشعب على الحكومة سببًا رئيسيًا في اندلاع الثورة.
The people's wrath against the government was a main cause of the revolution's outbreak.
تتجلى نقمة القدر أحيانًا في أبسط تفاصيل الحياة اليومية، حين تتحول أدق النعم إلى أعظم النقم.
Fate's retribution sometimes shows itself in the simplest details of daily life, when the smallest blessings turn into the greatest afflictions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَقْمَةٌ | نِقَمٌ |
| Genitive | نَقْمَةٍ | نِقَمٍ |
| Accusative | نَقْمَةً | نِقَمًا |
| Vocative | يا نَقْمَةُ | يا نِقَمُ |
Word family
انتقامrevenge, retaliation
انتقمto avenge oneself, to take revenge
منتقمavenger; one of the names attributed to God, Al-Muntaqim
ناقمresentful, indignant
Etymology
نَقْمَة comes from the Semitic root n-q-m, tied to the verb نقم, meaning to resent or take revenge. Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so it has no PIE ancestor. The root shows up across Semitic languages with a stable sense of retaliation or grievance.
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