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نفع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of benefit, advantage, or usefulness. It describes the act of benefiting someone or something, and the resulting state of being benefited or the benefit itself. It is the antonym of harm or detriment.

Derived headwords

نَفَعَverb
  1. 1.
    the opposite of harmboth

    the opposite of harm

  2. 2.
    such and such benefited him, so he benefited from itboth

    such and such benefited him, so he benefited from it

اِنْتَفَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to benefit from, to profit byboth

    To receive benefit or advantage from something; to gain profit or utility.

مَنْفَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the noun formboth

    the noun form

Parallel reading

النفع ضد الضر
Benefit is the opposite of harm.
نفعته بكذا
I benefited him with such-and-such.
فانتفع به
And he benefited from it.