فائدة

See also: فائده, فائدہ, فایده, فایدہ, and فايدة

Arabic

Root
ف ي د (f y d)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb فَادَ (fāda).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faː.ʔi.da/

Noun

فَائِدَة • (fāʔida) f (plural فَوَائِد (fawāʔid))

usefulness, profit, advantage, benefit
- a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ
  maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu
  The misfortunes of some people are advantages to others.
gain
(commerce) interest
profitable saying, moral, useful remark, note, annotation
sign

Declension

Declension of noun **فَائِدَة** (fāʔida)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَائِدَة fāʔida	الْفَائِدَة al-fāʔida	فَائِدَة fāʔidat
nominative	فَائِدَةٌ fāʔidatun	الْفَائِدَةُ al-fāʔidatu	فَائِدَةُ fāʔidatu
accusative	فَائِدَةً fāʔidatan	الْفَائِدَةَ al-fāʔidata	فَائِدَةَ fāʔidata
genitive	فَائِدَةٍ fāʔidatin	الْفَائِدَةِ al-fāʔidati	فَائِدَةِ fāʔidati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَائِدَتَيْن fāʔidatayn	الْفَائِدَتَيْن al-fāʔidatayn	فَائِدَتَيْ fāʔidatay
nominative	فَائِدَتَانِ fāʔidatāni	الْفَائِدَتَانِ al-fāʔidatāni	فَائِدَتَا fāʔidatā
accusative	فَائِدَتَيْنِ fāʔidatayni	الْفَائِدَتَيْنِ al-fāʔidatayni	فَائِدَتَيْ fāʔidatay
genitive	فَائِدَتَيْنِ fāʔidatayni	الْفَائِدَتَيْنِ al-fāʔidatayni	فَائِدَتَيْ fāʔidatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَوَائِد fawāʔid	الْفَوَائِد al-fawāʔid	فَوَائِد fawāʔid
nominative	فَوَائِدُ fawāʔidu	الْفَوَائِدُ al-fawāʔidu	فَوَائِدُ fawāʔidu
accusative	فَوَائِدَ fawāʔida	الْفَوَائِدَ al-fawāʔida	فَوَائِدَ fawāʔida
genitive	فَوَائِدَ fawāʔida	الْفَوَائِدِ al-fawāʔidi	فَوَائِدِ fawāʔidi

Synonyms

مَنْفَعَة (manfaʕa)
نَفْع (nafʕ) (uncountable)

Antonyms

مَضَرَّة (maḍarra)
ضَرَر (ḍarar)

Derived terms

مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ (maṣāʔibu qawmin ʕinda qawmin fawāʔidu, proverb)

Descendants

Maltese: fejda
Moroccan Arabic: فايدة (fāyda)
→ Armenian: ֆայդա (fayda)
→ Azerbaijani: fayda
→ Classical Persian: فَایِدَه (fāyida)
- → Bashkir: файҙа (fayźa)
- → Chuvash: пайта (pajt̬a)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: फ़ायदा (fāydā)
  Urdu: فَایِدَہ (fāyida)
- → Karaim: файда
- → Tatar: файда (fayda), fayda
- → Turkmen: peýda
- → Uyghur: پايدا (payda)
- → Uzbek: foyda
- → Zazaki: fayde
→ Malay: faedah
- Indonesian: faedah
→ Ottoman Turkish: فائده (faʼide), فایده (fayda), فائدت (fa'idet)
- Turkish: fayda
- → Bulgarian: файда́ (fajdá)
- → Crimean Tatar: файда
- → Serbo-Croatian: fàjda / фа̀јда
→ Somali: faa'ido
→ Swahili: faida

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فائدة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen