# نفع
## Arabic
### Verb

نَفَعَ • (nafaʕa) I (non-past يَنْفَعُ (yanfaʕu), verbal noun نَفْع (nafʕ))
* to profit, to benefit
    Antonym: ضَرَّ (ḍarra)
** to be conducive to health
** to be effective as an antidote

#### References

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

### Verb

نَفَّعَ • (naffaʕa) II (non-past يُنَفِّعُ (yunaffiʕu), verbal noun تَنْفِيع (tanfīʕ))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation
### Noun

نَفْع • (nafʕ) m (uncountable)
* verbal noun of نَفَعَ (nafaʕa) (form I)
* benefit, usefulness
** a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi
    وَمِنَ الْعَدَاوَةِ مَا يَنَالُكَ نَفْعُهُ / وَمِنَ الصَّدَاقَةِ مَا يَضُرُّ وَيُؤْلِمُwamina l-ʕadāwati mā yanāluka nafʕuhu / wamina ṣ-ṣadāqati mā yaḍurru wayuʔlimu(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic نَفَعَ (nafaʕa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nfaʕ/

#### Verb

نفع • (nfaʕ) I (non-past ينفع (yinfaʕ))
* to benefit

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic نَفْع (nafʕ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nfaʕ/

#### Noun

نفع • (nfaʕ) m
* usefulness
    Synonym: فايدة (fāyda)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَفْع (nafʕ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [nafʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näfʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näfʔ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [näf]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [näf]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [næfʔ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [näfʔ]

### Noun

نفع • (naf')
* gain, profit, benefit
    Synonyms: بهره (bahre), سود (sud)
** c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 299”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:اگر شراب خوری جرعه‌ای فشان بر خاک از آن گناه که نفعی رسد به غیر چه باک؟agar šarāb xwarī jur'a'ē fišān bar xāk az ān gunāh ki naf'ē rasad ba ğayr či bākIf you drink wine, pour a draught on the earth! Why fear a sin which brings benefit to others?(Classical Persian transliteration)
** 2023 December 22, “اسرائیل و فلسطینی‌ها؛ راه‌حل دو کشوری چیست؟”, in YouTube‎, BBC Persian:منتقدان دولت نتانیاهو میگن دوپارگی رهبری فلسطینی‌ها به نفع اسرائیلی‌های مخالف راه حل تموم شده.montaqedân-e dowlat-e netânyâhu mi-gan dopâregi-ye rahbari-ye felestini-hâ be naf'-e esrâ'ili-hâ-ye moxâlef-e râh-e hall tamum šode.Critics of Netanyahu's government say that the schism in the Palestinian leadership has ended up to the benefit of Israelis opposed to the solution.

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نفع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نفع”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic نَفَعَ (nafaʕa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.faʕ/, [ˈna.faʕ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

نفع • (nafaʕ) I (present بنفع (binfaʕ))
* to be beneficial, to be useful
* to be suitable, to be fitting
* (by extension) can, may
    Synonyms: ممكن (mumken), زبط (ẓabaṭ)
    عندك فكرة وين في رام الله بنفع أنام، أنا وتنين صحابي؟ʕindak fikra wēn fi rām allah binfaʕ ʔanām, ʔana w-tnēn ṣḥābiDo you have any idea where in Ramallah I can sleep, me and my two friends?
    بتوقّع بنفع نلتقي السبت بكل الأحوال.batwaʔʔaʕ binfaʕ niltʔi is-sabt bi-kul il-ʔaḥwālI expect we can meet on Saturday in any case.