ناعم
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Apparently derived from the active participle of نَعَمَ (naʕama, “to live in comfort, to be pleased, to enjoy”) and نَعِمَ (naʕima, “to live in comfort, to be pleased, to enjoy”), from the root ن ع م (n-ʕ-m).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
نَاعِم • (nāʕim) (feminine نَاعِمَة (nāʕima), masculine plural نَاعِمُونَ (nāʕimūna), feminine plural نَاعِمَات (nāʕimāt) or نَوَاعِمُ (nawāʕimu), elative أَنْعَم (ʔanʕam))
- soft, tender, delicate, fond
- smooth
- ثَوْبٌ نَاعِمُ ٱلْمَلْمَسِ ― ṯawbun nāʕimu l-malmasi ― a garment soft to the touch
- thin, fine
- (sugar) powdered
Declension edit
Declension of adjective نَاعِم (nāʕim)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | نَاعِم nāʕim |
النَّاعِم an-nāʕim |
نَاعِمَة nāʕima |
النَّاعِمَة an-nāʕima |
Nominative | نَاعِمٌ nāʕimun |
النَّاعِمُ an-nāʕimu |
نَاعِمَةٌ nāʕimatun |
النَّاعِمَةُ an-nāʕimatu |
Accusative | نَاعِمًا nāʕiman |
النَّاعِمَ an-nāʕima |
نَاعِمَةً nāʕimatan |
النَّاعِمَةَ an-nāʕimata |
Genitive | نَاعِمٍ nāʕimin |
النَّاعِمِ an-nāʕimi |
نَاعِمَةٍ nāʕimatin |
النَّاعِمَةِ an-nāʕimati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | نَاعِمَيْن nāʕimayn |
النَّاعِمَيْن an-nāʕimayn |
نَاعِمَتَيْن nāʕimatayn |
النَّاعِمَتَيْن an-nāʕimatayn |
Nominative | نَاعِمَانِ nāʕimāni |
النَّاعِمَانِ an-nāʕimāni |
نَاعِمَتَانِ nāʕimatāni |
النَّاعِمَتَانِ an-nāʕimatāni |
Accusative | نَاعِمَيْنِ nāʕimayni |
النَّاعِمَيْنِ an-nāʕimayni |
نَاعِمَتَيْنِ nāʕimatayni |
النَّاعِمَتَيْنِ an-nāʕimatayni |
Genitive | نَاعِمَيْنِ nāʕimayni |
النَّاعِمَيْنِ an-nāʕimayni |
نَاعِمَتَيْنِ nāʕimatayni |
النَّاعِمَتَيْنِ an-nāʕimatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural diptote | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | نَاعِمِين nāʕimīn |
النَّاعِمِين an-nāʕimīn |
نَاعِمَات; نَوَاعِم nāʕimāt; nawāʕim |
النَّاعِمَات; النَّوَاعِم an-nāʕimāt; an-nawāʕim |
Nominative | نَاعِمُونَ nāʕimūna |
النَّاعِمُونَ an-nāʕimūna |
نَاعِمَاتٌ; نَوَاعِمُ nāʕimātun; nawāʕimu |
النَّاعِمَاتُ; النَّوَاعِمُ an-nāʕimātu; an-nawāʕimu |
Accusative | نَاعِمِينَ nāʕimīna |
النَّاعِمِينَ an-nāʕimīna |
نَاعِمَاتٍ; نَوَاعِمَ nāʕimātin; nawāʕima |
النَّاعِمَاتِ; النَّوَاعِمَ an-nāʕimāti; an-nawāʕima |
Genitive | نَاعِمِينَ nāʕimīna |
النَّاعِمِينَ an-nāʕimīna |
نَاعِمَاتٍ; نَوَاعِمَ nāʕimātin; nawāʕima |
النَّاعِمَاتِ; النَّوَاعِمِ an-nāʕimāti; an-nawāʕimi |
Antonyms edit
- خَشِن (ḵašin)
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ناعم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen