نفع

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of benefit, advantage, and usefulness. It encompasses the act of benefiting, receiving benefit, and the state of being beneficial. Derived terms also extend to specific objects or places associated with benefit, and names of people.

Derived headwords

النَّفْعnoun

1.
benefitboth
The opposite of harm; that which is used to achieve good.
2.
usefulnessboth
The quality of being useful or advantageous.

نَفَعَverb

1.
to benefitboth
To provide benefit or advantage to someone.
2.
to be beneficialboth
To be of use or advantage.

انْتَفَعَverb

1.
to benefit fromboth
To gain advantage or profit from something or someone.

المَنْفَعَةnoun

1.
benefitboth
The state or quality of being beneficial; an advantage gained.
2.
useboth
The act of using something for a purpose.

النَّفَّاعadjective

1.
very beneficialboth
One who provides a great deal of benefit; highly advantageous.

النُّفَعَاءnoun

1.
benefitclassical
A name or designation for benefit.

النُّفَيْعَةnoun

1.
benefitclassical
A small benefit or advantage.

رَجُلٌ نُفُوعٌadjective

1.
very beneficial manboth
A man who is consistently and greatly beneficial.

مَنْفَعَةُ بْنُ كُلَيْبname

1.
Manfa'ah ibn Kulaybboth
A Tabi'i (successor) whose father was a companion of the Prophet.

أَبُو مَنْفَعَةَ الثَّقَفِيّname

1.
Abu Manfa'ah al-Thaqafiboth
A companion of the Prophet, known for a hadith about filial piety.

نَافِعname

1.
Nafi'both
A freed slave of the Prophet Muhammad; also a freed slave of Ibn Umar.
2.
Nafi'classical
A prison built by Ali ibn Abi Talib.
3.
Nafi'classical
A region or province in Yemen.

نَافِعُ بْنُ أَبِي نَافِعname

1.
Nafi' ibn Abi Nafi'both
A companion of the Prophet, grandfather of Alqamah.

نَافِعُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الثَّقَفِيّname

1.
Nafi' ibn Yazid al-Thaqafiboth
A Tabi'i who narrated from Al-Hasan.

نُفَيْعname

1.
Nufay'classical
A mountain near Mecca.

النَّفْعِيَّةname

1.
Al-Nufay'iyyahclassical
A village in the region of Sinjar.

النَّفْعَةnoun

1.
stickclassical
A stick, used once for benefit.
2.
leather stripclassical
A strip of leather used on the sides of a waterskin.
3.
waterskinclassical
A container for drinking, possibly named after its benefit.

أَنْفَعَ الرَّجُلُverb

1.
to trade in sticksclassical
A man engaged in trading sticks.

النَّافِعname

1.
The Beneficentboth
One of the beautiful names of Allah, signifying His role as the giver of benefit.

المَنْفُوعadjective

1.
benefitedclassical
One who has received benefit. (Usage is noted as uncommon or not heard by some grammarians).

أَنْفَعَverb

1.
to make beneficialboth
To cause something to be beneficial or to convey benefit.

النَّفَّاعَةnoun

1.
thing of benefitboth
That which is used for benefit or from which benefit is derived.

اسْتَنْفَعَverb

1.
to seek benefitboth
To ask for or seek benefit from someone.
2.
to benefitboth
To gain benefit, similar to 'intafa'a'.

نَفْعَةnoun

1.
waterskinclassical
A name for a waterskin, possibly derived from a single instance of benefit.

نَفَّعَهُ تَنْفِيعًاverb

1.
to deliver benefitboth
To actively deliver or convey benefit to someone.

التَّنْفِعَةnoun

1.
payment for complaintclassical
A payment or fee taken by a ruler from a complaint; a Yemeni term.

نُفَيْع بْنُ مَسْرُوحname

1.
Nufay' ibn Masruhboth
A companion of the Prophet.

نُفَيْع بْنُ الحَارِثname

1.
Nufay' ibn al-Harithboth
A companion of the Prophet.

نُفَيْع بْنُ المُعَلَّىname

1.
Nufay' ibn al-Mu'allaboth
A companion of the Prophet.

نُفَيْعname

1.
Nufay'classical
A poet from the tribe of Tamim.

النَّافِعِيّname

1.
Al-Nafi'iboth
A nisba (attribution) to Nafi', often referring to the famous Qari' (reciter) of the Quran.

Parallel reading

النفع، كالمنع: ضد الضر، وهو م معروف

Benefit, like prevention: the opposite of harm, and it is a well-known concept.

هو ما يستعان به في الوصول إلى الخير

It is that by which one is aided in reaching good.

وقد نفعه نفعا، وانتفع به

And he benefited him with a benefit, and he benefited from him.

والاسم: المنفعة

And the noun is: al-manfa'ah (benefit).

والمنفعة: جلدة تشق فتجعل في جانبي المزادة

And al-naf'ah: a skin that is split and placed on the sides of the waterskin.

ورجل نفوع ونفاع كصبور، وشداد: كثير النفع

And a man is nufu' and naf'a, like sabur and shidad: providing much benefit.

فدى لأب إذا فاخرت قوما وجدت بلاءه حسنا نفوعا

May I be a ransom for a father, if you boast to people, you find his trial to be good and beneficial.

كم في بني سعد بن بكر سيد ضخم الدسيعة ماجد نفاع

How many among the sons of Sa'd ibn Bakr is a lord of great lineage, noble, and very beneficial!

وإني لأرجو من سعاد نفيعة وإني من عيني جمال لأوجر

And indeed I hope from Su'ad a benefit, and indeed from the beauty of my eyes I am rewarded.

نافع: مولى للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ورضي الله عنه

Nafi': a freed slave of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

ونافع: سجن كان بناه علي رضي الله تعالى عنه فنقب

And Nafi': a prison that Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, built and it was tunneled.

والنفعة بالفتح: العصا، عن أبي زيد، فعلة مرة واحدة من النفع

And al-naf'ah (with fatha): the stick, from Abu Zayd, a single instance of benefit.

وقال أبو عمرو: أنفع الرجل: إذا اتجر فيها أي: في العصي

And Abu Amr said: A man 'anfa'a: if he trades in them, meaning: in sticks.

والنافع من أسماء الله الحسنى، وهو الذي يوصل النفع إلى من يشاء من خلقه

And Al-Nafi' is among the beautiful names of Allah, and He is the one who delivers benefit to whomever He wills of His creation.

واستنفعه: طلب نفعه

And 'istanfa'ahu: he sought his benefit.

ونفعه تنفيعا: أوصل إليه النفع

And he 'naffa'ahu tanfi'an': he delivered benefit to him.

والنفعة، والتنفعة: ما يأخذه الحاكم من الشكوى، يمانية

And al-naf'ah, and al-tanfi'ah: what the ruler takes from a complaint, a Yemeni term.