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قَذِر
dirty /ˈqaðir/
adjectiveA2#1002 most common
Also: filthy, unclean, foul
Example sentences
المَطبَخُ قَذِرٌ.
The kitchen is dirty.
ثِيابُهُ قَذِرةٌ دائِماً.
His clothes are always dirty.
لا تَشرَبِ الماءَ القَذِرَ.
Do not drink the dirty water.
شَعَرتُ بِالاشمِئزازِ حينَ دَخَلتُ المَطعَمَ القَذِرَ.
I felt disgust when I entered the dirty restaurant.
يَسكُنُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ الفُقَراءِ في أَحياءٍ قَذِرةٍ تَفتَقِرُ إلى ماءٍ نَظيف.
Many of the poor live in filthy neighborhoods that lack clean water.
إنَّ السِّياسَةَ القَذِرةَ لا تُبقي صَديقاً ولا تَرحَمُ خَصماً.
Dirty politics keeps no friend and spares no rival.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَذِرٌ | قَذِرونَ |
| Genitive | قَذِرٍ | قَذِرينَ |
| Accusative | قَذِراً | قَذِرينَ |
| Vocative | يا قَذِرُ | يا قَذِرونَ |
Word family
قَذَرdirt, filth
قَذِرَto be or become dirty
قَذارةfilthiness, dirtiness
قاذوراتgarbage, filth
تَقَذَّرَto be disgusted by, to find filthy
Etymology
The adjective comes from the triliteral root ق-ذ-ر, which carries the sense of dirt and filth. The related verb قَذِرَ means to be or become dirty, and the noun قَذَر means dirt or filth. The adjective follows the فَعِل pattern, which marks a state or quality, here the state of being soiled. It applies to physical things and, by extension, to conduct.
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