نافع

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن ف ع (n f ʕ)
8 terms

Derived from the active participle of نَفَعَ (nafaʕa, “to be useful, to benefit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naː.fiʕ/

Adjective

نَافِع • (nāfiʕ) (feminine نَافِعَة (nāfiʕa), masculine plural نَافِعُون (nāfiʕūn), feminine plural نَافِعَات (nāfiʕāt) or نَوَافِع (nawāfiʕ), elative أَنْفَع (ʔanfaʕ))

Declension

Declension of adjective **نَافِع** (nāfiʕ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَافِع nāfiʕ	النَّافِع an-nāfiʕ	نَافِعَة nāfiʕa	النَّافِعَة an-nāfiʕa
nominative	نَافِعٌ nāfiʕun	النَّافِعُ an-nāfiʕu	نَافِعَةٌ nāfiʕatun	النَّافِعَةُ an-nāfiʕatu
accusative	نَافِعًا nāfiʕan	النَّافِعَ an-nāfiʕa	نَافِعَةً nāfiʕatan	النَّافِعَةَ an-nāfiʕata
genitive	نَافِعٍ nāfiʕin	النَّافِعِ an-nāfiʕi	نَافِعَةٍ nāfiʕatin	النَّافِعَةِ an-nāfiʕati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَافِعَيْن nāfiʕayn	النَّافِعَيْن an-nāfiʕayn	نَافِعَتَيْن nāfiʕatayn	النَّافِعَتَيْن an-nāfiʕatayn
nominative	نَافِعَانِ nāfiʕāni	النَّافِعَانِ an-nāfiʕāni	نَافِعَتَانِ nāfiʕatāni	النَّافِعَتَانِ an-nāfiʕatāni
accusative	نَافِعَيْنِ nāfiʕayni	النَّافِعَيْنِ an-nāfiʕayni	نَافِعَتَيْنِ nāfiʕatayni	النَّافِعَتَيْنِ an-nāfiʕatayni
genitive	نَافِعَيْنِ nāfiʕayni	النَّافِعَيْنِ an-nāfiʕayni	نَافِعَتَيْنِ nāfiʕatayni	النَّافِعَتَيْنِ an-nāfiʕatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَافِعِين nāfiʕīn	النَّافِعِين an-nāfiʕīn	نَافِعَات‎; نَوَافِع nāfiʕāt‎; nawāfiʕ	النَّافِعَات‎; النَّوَافِع an-nāfiʕāt‎; an-nawāfiʕ
nominative	نَافِعُونَ nāfiʕūna	النَّافِعُونَ an-nāfiʕūna	نَافِعَاتٌ‎; نَوَافِعُ nāfiʕātun‎; nawāfiʕu	النَّافِعَاتُ‎; النَّوَافِعُ an-nāfiʕātu‎; an-nawāfiʕu
accusative	نَافِعِينَ nāfiʕīna	النَّافِعِينَ an-nāfiʕīna	نَافِعَاتٍ‎; نَوَافِعَ nāfiʕātin‎; nawāfiʕa	النَّافِعَاتِ‎; النَّوَافِعَ an-nāfiʕāti‎; an-nawāfiʕa
genitive	نَافِعِينَ nāfiʕīna	النَّافِعِينَ an-nāfiʕīna	نَافِعَاتٍ‎; نَوَافِعَ nāfiʕātin‎; nawāfiʕa	النَّافِعَاتِ‎; النَّوَافِعِ an-nāfiʕāti‎; an-nawāfiʕi

Synonyms

مُفِيد (mufīd)

Antonyms

ضَارّ (ḍārr), مُضِرّ (muḍirr)

Derived terms

رُبَّ ضَارَّةٍ نَافِعَةٌ (rubba ḍārratin nāfiʕatun, proverb)

Descendants

→ Persian: نافع (nâfe')
- Tajik: нафеъ (nafe')
→ Ottoman Turkish: نافع (nâfi')
→ Ottoman Turkish: نافعه (nâfi'a)
- Turkish: nafia

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “نفع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naː.faʕ/

Noun

نافع • (nāfaʕ) m (usually uncountable)

aniseed

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَافِع (nāfiʕ)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naː.ˈfiʔ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.fe̞ʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.feː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.feː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.feʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.feʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nāfi'
Dari reading^?	nāfe'
Iranian reading^?	nâfe'
Tajik reading^?	nofe'

Noun


Iranian Persian	نافع
Dari	نافع
Tajik	нафеъ

نافع • (nâfe') (comparative نافع‌تَر, superlative نافع‌تَرین)

useful, profitable, beneficial, advantageous
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3221:
  جوی خود را کی تواند پاک کرد / نافع از علم خدا شد علم مرد
  juy-i-xôd râ kî tawânad pâk kard / nâfi' az 'ilm-i-xudâ šud 'ilm-i-mard
  Who is able to cleanse the channel of his (sensual) self? Man's knowledge is made beneficial by God's knowledge.
salutary

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نافع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim