How to say "may it be pleasant (said after a shower, haircut, or swim)" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningmay it be pleasant (said after a shower, haircut, or swim)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

نَعِيمًا

naʿīmanנעימן

نعيما

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שיהיה נעים

sheyihye na'imشِيِهْيِي نَائِيم

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ن-ع-م

Hebrew root

נ-ע-ם

Naʿīman is Hebrew נעים, 'pleasant,' with the old accusative -an ending fossilized into an exclamation — the same trick as שכרן (shukran) elsewhere in this set. The stock reply is Allāh yunʿim ʿalayk, 'may He make it pleasant for you too.'

Related Hebrew word:נעיםna'imنَئِيم