istanfaʿa

utilize

اِسْتَنْفَعَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

ن ف ع

Forms

Present: يَسْتَنْفِعُ

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	اِسْتَنْفَعَ	يَسْتَنْفِعُ	—
she هِيَ	اِسْتَنْفَعَت	تَسْتَنْفِعُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	اِسْتَنْفَعا	يَسْتَنْفِعانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	اِسْتَنْفَعَتا	تَسْتَنْفِعانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	اِسْتَنْفَعُوا	يَسْتَنْفِعُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِسْتَنْفَعْنَ	يَسْتَنْفِعْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِسْتَنْفَعْتَ	تَسْتَنْفِعُ	اِسْتَنْفِعْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِسْتَنْفَعْتِ	تَسْتَنْفِعِينَ	اِسْتَنْفِعِي
you two أَنْتُما	اِسْتَنْفَعْتُما	تَسْتَنْفِعانِ	اِسْتَنْفِعَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِسْتَنْفَعْتُم	تَسْتَنْفِعُونَ	اِسْتَنْفِعُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِسْتَنْفَعْتُنَّ	تَسْتَنْفِعْنَ	اِسْتَنْفِعْنَ
I أَنا	اِسْتَنْفَعْتُ	أَسْتَنْفِعُ	—
we نَحْنُ	اِسْتَنْفَعْنا	نَسْتَنْفِعُ	—

From the same root

All words from ن ف ع →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries

نَفَعَهُ Form I It profited him; availed him

It profited him; availed him; was of use or benefit, or was useful or beneficial, to him. ― -b2- نَفَعَهُ مِنْهُ: see an ex. voce جَدٌّ. ― -b3- يَنْفَعُ لِكَذَا, and مِنْ كَذَا, It (a medicine) is good, beneficial, or profitable, as a remedy, for, or against, such a thing, meaning such a disease or the like.
نَفَّعَهُ Form II He caused

, inf. n. تَنْفِيعٌ, He caused نَفْع to come to him. (TA.)
اِنْتَفَعَ بِهِ Form VIII He benefited or profited by it; made use of it; had the use of it; enjoyed it

He benefited or profited by it; made use of it; had the use of it; enjoyed it; like تَمَتَّعَ بِهِ. See 10.
اِسْتَنْفَعَهُ Form X He sought, or demanded, his profiting him, or being useful to him

He sought, or demanded, his profiting him, or being useful to him. (IAar, TA.) ― -b2- And اِسْتَنَفَعَ sometimes occurs in the sense of ↓ اِنْتَفَعَ. (TA.)
نَفْعٌ contr. of ضَرٌّ

contr. of ضَرٌّ: (TA:) or a thing whereof one makes use for the attainment of good: (B:) or good: or a means of attaining one's desire. (Msb.)
مَنْفَعَةٌ A cause, or means, of advantage, profit, utility; or benefit

[A cause, or means, of advantage, profit, utility; or benefit: and simply, advantage; profit, or profitableness; utility, use, usefulness; or benefit:] contr. of مَضَرَّةٌ. (S, art. ضر.)

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