نِعْمَةٌ

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نِعْمَةٌ and نُعْمَى and نَعْمَآءُ A benefit; benefaction; favour; boon; or good: a blessing; [bounty; gratuity;] or what God bestows upon one: and so نَعِيمٌ : [grace of God:] and نَعِيمٌ and نَعْمَةٌ , with fet-h, [and نُعْمَى and نَعْمَآءُ and نُعْمٌ , ease and plenty,] enjoyment; [welfare; well being; weal:] نُعْمَى and نَعْمَآءُ are the contr. of بُؤْسَى and بَأْسَآءُ: (TA, art. بأس:) نَعْمَآءُ بَعْدَ ضَرَّآءَ, in the Kur [xi. 13,] is like health after sickness; and richness, or competence, after want.
2 نِعْمَةٌ A blessing; a cause of happiness. A favour: a benefit; and the like.
3 نِعْمَةٌ Wealth, or property. The first explanations given to it above are assigned in the K, not to this word, but to نَعِيمٌ and نُعْمَى .
4 نِعْمَةٌ with the article seems generally to signify Wealth: and without the article, A benefit, benefaction, favour, boon, or blessing.

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