نِعْمَةٌ
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and
نُعْمَى and
نَعْمَاءُ
A benefit; benefaction; favour; boon; or good: (S, Msb:) a blessing; [bounty; gratuity;] or what God bestows upon one: and so
نَعِيمٌ: (S:) [grace of God:] and
نَعِيمٌ and
نَعْمَةٌ, with fet-h, [and
نُعْمَى and
نَعْمَاءُ and
نُعْمٌ, ease and plenty,] enjoyment; (Msb;) [welfare; well being; weal:]
نُعْمَى and
نَعْمَاءُ are the opposite of
بُوءْسَى and بَأْسَاءُ: (TA, article بأس:) بَعْدَ ضَرَّاءَ
نَعْمَاءُ, in the Qur'an, 11:13,] is like health after sickness; and richness, or competence, after want. (Bd.)
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نِعْمَةٌ with the article seems generally to signify Wealth: and without the article, A benefit, benefaction, favour, boon, or blessing.