Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ن ع م (n-ʕ-m)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

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 edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Noun edit

أَنْعُم (ʔanʕumpl

  1. plural of نِعْمَة (niʕma)

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ن ع م (n-ʕ-m)

Elative of نَاعِم (nāʕim, soft; smooth).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

أَنْعَم (ʔanʕam)

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

Root
ن ع م
2 terms

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔan.ʕam/, [ˈʔan.ʕam]
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَنْعَمَ (ʔanʕama).

Verb edit

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 edit
    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 edit

Adjective edit

أنعم (ʔanʕam)

  1. elative degree of ناعم (nāʕem): softer