نِعْمَةٌ

1.
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.)
2.
نِعْمَةٌ A blessing; (S;) a cause of happiness. (K.) A favour: a benefit; and the like. (S.)
3.
نِعْمَةٌ Wealth, or property. (K.) 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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