Description:

The concern of benefit or advantage is a monomorphemic root in Common, and comes form the Old Common language. Compare to 'matta', another Old Common word with a lot of overlap meaning 'help'. The difference is that 'matta' implies a need that exists that is being fulfilled, 'arte' implies a benefit without necessarily havign a preexisting need.

Verb:

As a verb, 'arte' means to confer a benefit, and is a skurun verb that takes an ergative benfactor and an absolutive beneficiary. A periphrastic argument instroduced with the preposition 'ro'can be added that explains the source of the benefit conferred, and if the benefit facilitates something in particular that can be introduced with 'u', but in that case 'matta' might be the verb chosen.

The negative form 'ikárte' has a sense of withdraw a benefit, disadvantage, or hinder, but the implication is usually the withdrawal of a benfit rather than an actively malignant action.

Noun:

As a noun, 'arte' means a benefit or advantage.  It is also a word for 'profit'.The derived forms arteca and arteka mean benefactor and beneficiary, respectively.

Modifier:

The modifier forms artes and ikártes mean beneficial and disadvantageous, respectively.