أنعم

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ع م (n-ʕ-m)

Pronunciation 1

Verb

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

Pronunciation 2

Noun

أَنْعُم (ʔanʕumpl

  1. plural of نِعْمَة (niʕma)

Etymology 2

Root
ن ع م (n-ʕ-m)

Elative of نَاعِم (nāʕim, soft; smooth).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَنْعَم (ʔanʕam)

  1. elative degree of نَاعِم (nāʕim):
    1. softer; softest
    2. smoother; smoothest
Declension
References
  • 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

Root
ن ع م
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔan.ʕam/,
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَنْعَمَ (ʔanʕama).

Verb

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
    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

Adjective

أنعم (ʔanʕam)

  1. elative degree of ناعم (nāʕem): softer