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تَنْظِيف
cleaning /tanˈðˤiːf/
nounA2#1231 most common
Also: cleansing, cleanup, purification
Example sentences
التَّنْظِيفُ مُهِمٌّ.
Cleaning is important.
نَبْدَأُ تَنْظِيفَ الغُرْفَةِ في الصَّبَاحِ.
We begin cleaning the room in the morning.
تَحْتَاجُ هٰذِهِ النَّوافِذُ إِلَى تَنْظِيفٍ.
These windows need cleaning.
وَظَّفَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ فَرِيقًا لِتَنْظِيفِ المَكَاتِبِ.
The company hired a team to clean the offices.
بَعْدَ تَنْظِيفِ الجُرْحِ، وَضَعَ الطَّبِيبُ ضِمَادَةً نَظِيفَةً.
After cleaning the wound, the doctor applied a clean bandage.
اِسْتَغْرَقَتْ عَمَلِيَّةُ تَنْظِيفِ الشَّاطِئِ مِنَ النِّفْطِ أَشْهُرًا مِنَ العَمَلِ المُتَوَاصِلِ.
Cleaning the beach of oil took months of continuous work.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَنْظِيفٌ | تَنْظِيفَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَنْظِيفٍ | تَنْظِيفَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَنْظِيفًا | تَنْظِيفَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَنْظِيفُ | يَا تَنْظِيفَاتُ |
Word family
نَظَّفَto clean
نَظِيفcleanنَظَافَةcleanliness
مُنَظِّفcleaner, detergent
تَنَظُّفact of cleaning oneself
Etymology
تَنْظِيف is the verbal noun of the Form II verb نَظَّفَ, "to clean." It is built on the triliteral root ن-ظ-ف, which carries the sense of cleanliness and purity. The taKCīC template regularly forms the verbal noun of Form II verbs, naming the act itself. The same root gives the adjective نَظِيف, "clean," and the noun نَظَافَة, "cleanliness."
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