نعم

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نعم

/na.ʕam/

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Cognate with Hebrew נָעַם (na‘ám, “to please”).

verb نَعَمَ · naʕama · يَنْعُمُ · يَنْعَمُ · نَعْمَة · مَنْعَم

to live in comfort, to be pleased
to enjoy

verb نَعُمَ · naʕuma · يَنْعُمُ · نُعُومَة · نَاعِم

to be soft, to be delicate, to be fine

verb نَعَّمَ · naʕʕama · يُنَعِّمُ · تَنْعِيم · مُنَعِّم

to pulverize
to favor, to coddle, to pamper فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

noun نَعَم · naʕam · أَنْعَام · النَّعَم

cattle, livestock

adverb نَعَمْ · naʕam

verb نِعْمَ · niʕma · نِعْمَتْ

how good is...! how lovely is...! نِعْمَ ٱلْعَمَلُ مُسَاعَدَةُ ٱلْفُقَرَاءِ.
Similar: حَبَّذَا · Opposite: بِئْسَ, سَاءَ, لَا حَبَّذَا

In English

yes word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
yup (informal) yes
no used to show agreement with a negative question (in some languages this response

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نعم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}