منفعة

Arabic

Root
ن ف ع (n-f-ʕ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of نَفَعَ (nafaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.fa.ʕa/

Noun

مَنْفَعَة • (manfaʕa) f (plural مَنَافِع (manāfiʕ))

1. verbal noun of نَفَعَ (nafaʕa) (form I)
2. benefit, utility, usefulness

   Synonym: فَائِدَة (fāʔida)

   Antonym: مَضَرَّة (maḍarra)

3. gain, profit, return
4. advantage

   المَنَافِع وَالمَضَار ― advantages and disadvantages; benefits and risks

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْفَعَة (manfaʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْفَعَة manfaʕa	الْمَنْفَعَة al-manfaʕa	مَنْفَعَة manfaʕat
Nominative	مَنْفَعَةٌ manfaʕatun	الْمَنْفَعَةُ al-manfaʕatu	مَنْفَعَةُ manfaʕatu
Accusative	مَنْفَعَةً manfaʕatan	الْمَنْفَعَةَ al-manfaʕata	مَنْفَعَةَ manfaʕata
Genitive	مَنْفَعَةٍ manfaʕatin	الْمَنْفَعَةِ al-manfaʕati	مَنْفَعَةِ manfaʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْفَعَتَيْن manfaʕatayn	الْمَنْفَعَتَيْن al-manfaʕatayn	مَنْفَعَتَيْ manfaʕatay
Nominative	مَنْفَعَتَانِ manfaʕatāni	الْمَنْفَعَتَانِ al-manfaʕatāni	مَنْفَعَتَا manfaʕatā
Accusative	مَنْفَعَتَيْنِ manfaʕatayni	الْمَنْفَعَتَيْنِ al-manfaʕatayni	مَنْفَعَتَيْ manfaʕatay
Genitive	مَنْفَعَتَيْنِ manfaʕatayni	الْمَنْفَعَتَيْنِ al-manfaʕatayni	مَنْفَعَتَيْ manfaʕatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَافِع manāfiʕ	الْمَنَافِع al-manāfiʕ	مَنَافِع manāfiʕ
Nominative	مَنَافِعُ manāfiʕu	الْمَنَافِعُ al-manāfiʕu	مَنَافِعُ manāfiʕu
Accusative	مَنَافِعَ manāfiʕa	الْمَنَافِعَ al-manāfiʕa	مَنَافِعَ manāfiʕa
Genitive	مَنَافِعَ manāfiʕa	الْمَنَافِعِ al-manāfiʕi	مَنَافِعِ manāfiʕi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mənfəət
• → Bashkir: мәнфәғәт (mənfəğət)
• → Classical Malay: manfaat
  • → Malay: manfaat
  • → Indonesian: manfaat
• → Persian: منفعت
• → Ottoman Turkish: منفعت
  • → Turkish: menfaat
  • → Crimean Tatar: menfaat
• → Swahili: manufaa
• → Uyghur: مەنپەئەت (menpe'et)
• → Uzbek: manfaat

(via the plural form مَنَافِع (manāfiʕ))

• → Ottoman Turkish: منافع
• → Persian: منافع
  • → Hindi: मुनाफ़ा (munāfā)
  • → Urdu: منافع