Apr 18, 2011 18:22
13 yrs ago
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Arabic term
Yemen
نفع قاصر
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Arabic to English
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Religion
نفص قاصر أي شيء ينفع فاعله فقط و عكسها نفع متعدي أي يتعدى إلى أشخاص آخرين
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | an exclusive benefit |
Mohamed A. Moustafa
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| 4 | Finite Benefit |
Taghreed Mahmoud
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Proposed translations
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Mohamed A. Moustafa
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
United States
Precise, detail-oriented, and punctual
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Egyptian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
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an exclusive benefit
exclusive: limited to a particular person, thing, or group and not shared with other
http://www.onelook.com/?loc=rescb&refclue=limited to oneself...
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others
http://www.onelook.com/?loc=rescb&refclue=limited to oneself...
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-04-18 19:39:56 GMT)
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others
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Ahmad!"
12 hrs
Taghreed Mahmoud
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
My Passion: Legal Language
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
Related KudoZ points
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24
Finite Benefit
Finite here would mean bounded, confined or restricted. The opposite which is نفع متعدي
would be infinite benefit. I guess it sounds good. It could be explained in the context as "a finite benefit confined to oneself while an infinite benefit stretches out to encompass others".
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or confined to the doer
would be infinite benefit. I guess it sounds good. It could be explained in the context as "a finite benefit confined to oneself while an infinite benefit stretches out to encompass others".
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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-04-19 06:55:25 GMT)
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or confined to the doer
Example sentence:
Having bounds; limited: a finite list of choices
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