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قَذارَة
filth /qaˈðaːra/
nounB1#2241 most common
Also: dirtiness, uncleanliness, squalor
Example sentences
القَذارَةُ في كُلِّ مَكان.
The filth is everywhere.
أَكرَهُ القَذارَةَ في البَيت.
I hate filth in the house.
تَنتَشِرُ القَذارَةُ في الشَّوارِعِ المُهمَلَة.
Filth spreads in the neglected streets.
لا يُمكِنُ للأَطفالِ اللَّعِبُ وَسطَ هذِهِ القَذارَة.
The children cannot play amid this filth.
شَكا السُّكّانُ مِن قَذارَةِ الحَيِّ وانتِشارِ الحَشَرات.
The residents complained about the neighborhood's filth and the spread of insects.
لَم تَكُنِ القَذارَةُ التي رَآها مُجَرَّدَ إهمالٍ، بَل نَتيجَةَ فَسادٍ إداريٍّ طَويل.
The filth he saw was not mere negligence, but the result of long administrative corruption.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَذارَةٌ | قَذارات |
| Genitive | قَذارَةٍ | قَذارات |
| Accusative | قَذارَةً | قَذارات |
| Vocative | يا قَذارَة | يا قَذارات |
Word family
Etymology
The word derives from the triliteral Arabic root ق-ذ-ر (q-dh-r), which carries the sense of being dirty or foul. It is the abstract noun (maṣdar) formed on the faʿāla pattern, denoting the quality of being filthy. The related adjective قَذِر means dirty.
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