فائدة

فائدة

See also: فائده‎, فائدہ‎, فایده‎, فایدہ‎, and فايدة‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ي د‎ (f-y-d).

Pronunciation

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Noun

فَائِدَة • (fāʾida) f (plural فَوَائِد‎ (fawāʾid))

1. usefulness, profit, advantage, benefit
   • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     ‏مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ‎‎

     maṣāʾibu qawmin ʿinda qawmin fawāʾidu

     The misfortunes of some people are advantages to others.

2. gain
3. (commerce) interest
4. profitable saying, moral, useful remark, note, annotation
5. sign

Declension

Declension of noun فَائِدَة (fāʾida)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَائِدَة fāʾida	الْفَائِدَة‎ al-fāʾida	فَائِدَة fāʾidat
Nominative	فَائِدَةٌ fāʾidatun	الْفَائِدَةُ‎ al-fāʾidatu	فَائِدَةُ fāʾidatu
Accusative	فَائِدَةً fāʾidatan	الْفَائِدَةَ‎ al-fāʾidata	فَائِدَةَ fāʾidata
Genitive	فَائِدَةٍ fāʾidatin	الْفَائِدَةِ‎ al-fāʾidati	فَائِدَةِ fāʾidati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَائِدَتَيْن‎ fāʾidatayn	الْفَائِدَتَيْن‎ al-fāʾidatayn	فَائِدَتَيْ‎ fāʾidatay
Nominative	فَائِدَتَانِ‎ fāʾidatāni	الْفَائِدَتَانِ‎ al-fāʾidatāni	فَائِدَتَا‎ fāʾidatā
Accusative	فَائِدَتَيْنِ‎ fāʾidatayni	الْفَائِدَتَيْنِ‎ al-fāʾidatayni	فَائِدَتَيْ‎ fāʾidatay
Genitive	فَائِدَتَيْنِ‎ fāʾidatayni	الْفَائِدَتَيْنِ‎ al-fāʾidatayni	فَائِدَتَيْ‎ fāʾidatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَوَائِد‎ fawāʾid	الْفَوَائِد‎ al-fawāʾid	فَوَائِد‎ fawāʾid
Nominative	فَوَائِدُ‎ fawāʾidu	الْفَوَائِدُ‎ al-fawāʾidu	فَوَائِدُ‎ fawāʾidu
Accusative	فَوَائِدَ‎ fawāʾida	الْفَوَائِدَ‎ al-fawāʾida	فَوَائِدَ‎ fawāʾida
Genitive	فَوَائِدَ‎ fawāʾida	الْفَوَائِدِ‎ al-fawāʾidi	فَوَائِدِ‎ fawāʾidi

Synonyms

• مَنْفَعَة‎ (manfaʿa)
• نَفْع‎ (nafʿ) (uncountable)

Antonyms

• مَضَرَّة‎ (maḍarra)
• ضَرَر‎ (ḍarar)

Derived terms

• مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ‎ (maṣāʾibu qawmin ʿinda qawmin fawāʾidu, proverb)

Descendants

• Maltese: fejda
• Moroccan Arabic: فايدة‎ (fāyda)
• → Bashkir: файҙа (fayða)
• → Indonesian: faedah
• → Turkish: fayda
• → Swahili: faida
• → Chuvash: пайта (pajt̬a)
• → Bulgarian: файда (fajda)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “فائدة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen