ناعم

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.ʕim/

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Adjective

نَاعِم • (nāʕim) (feminine نَاعِمَة (nāʕima), masculine plural نَاعِمُونَ (nāʕimūna), feminine plural نَاعِمَات (nāʕimāt) or نَوَاعِمُ (nawāʕimu), elative أَنْعَم (ʔanʕam))

1. soft, tender, delicate, fond
2. smooth

   ثَوْبٌ نَاعِمُ ٱلْمَلْمَسِ ― ṯawbun nāʕimu l-malmasi ― a garment soft to the touch

3. thin, fine
4. (sugar) powdered

Declension

Declension of adjective نَاعِم (nāʕim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَاعِم nāʕim	النَّاعِم an-nāʕim	نَاعِمَة nāʕima	النَّاعِمَة an-nāʕima
Nominative	نَاعِمٌ nāʕimun	النَّاعِمُ an-nāʕimu	نَاعِمَةٌ nāʕimatun	النَّاعِمَةُ an-nāʕimatu
Accusative	نَاعِمًا nāʕiman	النَّاعِمَ an-nāʕima	نَاعِمَةً nāʕimatan	النَّاعِمَةَ an-nāʕimata
Genitive	نَاعِمٍ nāʕimin	النَّاعِمِ an-nāʕimi	نَاعِمَةٍ nāʕimatin	النَّاعِمَةِ an-nāʕimati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَاعِمَيْن nāʕimayn	النَّاعِمَيْن an-nāʕimayn	نَاعِمَتَيْن nāʕimatayn	النَّاعِمَتَيْن an-nāʕimatayn
Nominative	نَاعِمَانِ nāʕimāni	النَّاعِمَانِ an-nāʕimāni	نَاعِمَتَانِ nāʕimatāni	النَّاعِمَتَانِ an-nāʕimatāni
Accusative	نَاعِمَيْنِ nāʕimayni	النَّاعِمَيْنِ an-nāʕimayni	نَاعِمَتَيْنِ nāʕimatayni	النَّاعِمَتَيْنِ an-nāʕimatayni
Genitive	نَاعِمَيْنِ nāʕimayni	النَّاعِمَيْنِ an-nāʕimayni	نَاعِمَتَيْنِ nāʕimatayni	النَّاعِمَتَيْنِ an-nāʕimatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَاعِمِين nāʕimīn	النَّاعِمِين an-nāʕimīn	نَاعِمَات‎; نَوَاعِم nāʕimāt‎; nawāʕim	النَّاعِمَات‎; النَّوَاعِم an-nāʕimāt‎; an-nawāʕim
Nominative	نَاعِمُونَ nāʕimūna	النَّاعِمُونَ an-nāʕimūna	نَاعِمَاتٌ‎; نَوَاعِمُ nāʕimātun‎; nawāʕimu	النَّاعِمَاتُ‎; النَّوَاعِمُ an-nāʕimātu‎; an-nawāʕimu
Accusative	نَاعِمِينَ nāʕimīna	النَّاعِمِينَ an-nāʕimīna	نَاعِمَاتٍ‎; نَوَاعِمَ nāʕimātin‎; nawāʕima	النَّاعِمَاتِ‎; النَّوَاعِمَ an-nāʕimāti‎; an-nawāʕima
Genitive	نَاعِمِينَ nāʕimīna	النَّاعِمِينَ an-nāʕimīna	نَاعِمَاتٍ‎; نَوَاعِمَ nāʕimātin‎; nawāʕima	النَّاعِمَاتِ‎; النَّوَاعِمِ an-nāʕimāti‎; an-nawāʕimi

Antonyms

• خَشِن (ḵašin)

References

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