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نِعْمَة
blessing /ˈnɪʕ.ma/
nounB2#3827 most common
Also: favor, grace, boon
Example sentences
هَذِهِ نِعْمَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.
This is a great blessing.
الصِّحَّةُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ.
Health is a blessing from God.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نَشْكُرَ اللهَ عَلَى نِعَمِهِ.
We must thank God for His blessings.
لا نُدْرِكُ قِيمَةَ النِّعْمَةِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ فُقْدَانِهَا.
We do not realize the value of a blessing until we lose it.
عَاشَ فِي كَنَفِ نِعْمَةٍ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ لَهَا مَثِيلًا مِنْ قَبْلُ.
He lived under a blessing the like of which he had never known before.
تَتَجَلَّى نِعْمَةُ اللهِ فِي أَدَقِّ تَفَاصِيلِ الْكَوْنِ الَّتِي قَلَّمَا يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهَا الْإِنْسَانُ.
God's grace shows itself in the finest details of the universe, details people rarely notice.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نِعْمَةٌ | نِعَمٌ |
| Genitive | نِعْمَةٍ | نِعَمٍ |
| Accusative | نِعْمَةً | نِعَمًا |
| Vocative | يَا نِعْمَةُ | يَا نِعَمُ |
Word family
نَعِيمbliss, paradise-like ease
نَاعِمsoft, smooth
أَنْعَمَto bestow a favor upon someone
مُنْعِمbenefactor, one who bestows grace
مُتَنَعِّمliving in comfort or luxury
Etymology
نِعْمَة comes from the Semitic root n-ʿ-m, which carries the sense of softness, comfort, and pleasantness. The same root gives Arabic words for bliss, softness, and the verb meaning to bestow favor. Because this is a Semitic root rather than an Indo-European one, it has no PIE ancestor.
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