ناعم

Arabic

Etymology

Apparently from the derived from the active participle of نَعَمَ‎ (naʿama, “to live in comfort, to be pleased, to enjoy”) and نَعِمَ‎ (naʿima, “to live in comfort, to be pleased, to enjoy”), from the root ن ع م‎ (n-ʿ-m).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

نَاعِم • (nāʿim) (feminine نَاعِمَة‎ (nāʿima), elative أَنْعَم‎ (ʾanʿam))

Declension

Declension of adjective نَاعِم (nāʿim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَاعِم nāʿim	النَّاعِم‎ an-nāʿim	نَاعِمَة‎ nāʿima	النَّاعِمَة‎ an-nāʿima
Nominative	نَاعِمٌ nāʿimun	النَّاعِمُ‎ an-nāʿimu	نَاعِمَةٌ‎ nāʿimatun	النَّاعِمَةُ‎ an-nāʿimatu
Accusative	نَاعِمًا‎ nāʿiman	النَّاعِمَ‎ an-nāʿima	نَاعِمَةً‎ nāʿimatan	النَّاعِمَةَ‎ an-nāʿimata
Genitive	نَاعِمٍ nāʿimin	النَّاعِمِ‎ an-nāʿimi	نَاعِمَةٍ‎ nāʿimatin	النَّاعِمَةِ‎ an-nāʿimati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَاعِمَيْن‎ nāʿimayn	النَّاعِمَيْن‎ an-nāʿimayn	نَاعِمَتَيْن‎ nāʿimatayn	النَّاعِمَتَيْن‎ an-nāʿimatayn
Nominative	نَاعِمَانِ‎ nāʿimāni	النَّاعِمَانِ‎ an-nāʿimāni	نَاعِمَتَانِ‎ nāʿimatāni	النَّاعِمَتَانِ‎ an-nāʿimatāni
Accusative	نَاعِمَيْنِ‎ nāʿimayni	النَّاعِمَيْنِ‎ an-nāʿimayni	نَاعِمَتَيْنِ‎ nāʿimatayni	النَّاعِمَتَيْنِ‎ an-nāʿimatayni
Genitive	نَاعِمَيْنِ‎ nāʿimayni	النَّاعِمَيْنِ‎ an-nāʿimayni	نَاعِمَتَيْنِ‎ nāʿimatayni	النَّاعِمَتَيْنِ‎ an-nāʿimatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	نَاعِمَات‎ nāʿimāt	النَّاعِمَات‎ an-nāʿimāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	نَاعِمَاتٌ‎ nāʿimātun	النَّاعِمَاتُ‎ an-nāʿimātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	نَاعِمَاتٍ‎ nāʿimātin	النَّاعِمَاتِ‎ an-nāʿimāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	نَاعِمَاتٍ‎ nāʿimātin	النَّاعِمَاتِ‎ an-nāʿimāti

Antonyms

خَشِن‎ (ḵašin)

References

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

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