أَغْنَى benefit in Arabic
أَغْنَى is how you say “benefit” in Arabic.
Root غ ن ي gh-n-y. verb (form IV). aghnā.
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Meaning of benefit in Arabic
- to benefit, help meet a need
- to enrich, render free from want
Example sentence
قال قبحها الله من سيوف، وهل أغنت شيئا؟
He said: May Allah curse these swords! Have they ever been of any use?
أَغْنَتْ they availed
Past-tense verb 'availed, was of use'; the '-at' ending marks the feminine subject (the swords) — 'did they avail'.
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How it is used
أَغْنَى is the causative (Form IV) of غَنِىَ, 'to be free from want, in a state of competence or wealth.' As a causative it means to make someone free from need — hence to benefit, suffice, or enrich. The same root also has a separate cluster of words for singing or chanting (غَنَّى, تَغَنَّى, أُغْنِيَّةٌ).
Words from the same root
- غِنًى freedom from want, or wealth
- غَنِىٌّ rich, wealthy, free from want
- اِسْتَغْنَى to consider oneself free from need
- غَنَّى to sing or chant
- أُغْنِيَّةٌ a song
More example sentences
وَقَوْلُهُمْ احْذَرْ شَرَّ مَنْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِلَيْهِ، مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَمَا نَقَمُوا إِلَّا أَنْ أَغْنَاهُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ
And their saying: 'Beware of the evil of the one you did good to' is mentioned in His saying: 'And they resented it only because Allah and His Messenger had enriched them from His bounty.'
أَغْنَاهُمُ had enriched them
This is a past verb 'he enriched, made wealthy' with the attached 'them' as object. The 'he' doer, named just after as God, follows the verb. One word carries 'he enriched them', the object pronoun pointing to the people. It sits inside the 'that' clause.
Common questions
- How do you say "benefit" in Arabic?
- أَغْنَى (aghnā) — the Form IV verb of the root غ ن ي, literally 'to make free from want,' hence to benefit, suffice, or enrich someone.
- What does the root غ ن ي mean?
- Its core sense is being free from want, self-sufficient, or rich, opposite to poverty; a separate branch of the same root covers singing or chanting.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).