غَنِمَ

, (S, Msb, K,) aorist غَنَمَ , (Msb,) verbal noun غُنْمٌ (S, MA, Msb, * K, KL) and غَنْمٌ, (K,) or, as some say, the former is a simple subst. and the latter is a verbal noun, (TA,) and غَنَمٌ and غَنِيمَةٌ and غُنْمَانٌ, (K,) He, or they, (i. e. a man, Msb, or a party of men, S,) obtained, got, or took, (Msb, K, * TK,) spoil, (K, * TK,) or a thing [as spoil]. (Msb, TA.) [And He acquired, or gained, a thing without difficulty, or trouble, or inconvenience: or in this sense the verbal noun is غُنْمٌ, which see below, voce غَنِيمَةٌ.] مَا غَنِمْتُمْ in the Qur'an, 8:42 means What ye take by force [in war] from the unbelievers. (Bd, Jel.) [See also 8.]