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مُهَذَّب
polite, well-mannered /muˈhaðːab/
adjectiveB2#3820 most common
Also: refined, well-behaved, courteous
Example sentences
هُوَ وَلَدٌ مُهَذَّبٌ.
He is a polite boy.
أُخْتِي مُهَذَّبَةٌ جِدًّا.
My sister is very polite.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مُهَذَّبًا مَعَ ضُيُوفِكَ.
You must be polite with your guests.
الطُّلَّابُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدْرَسَةِ مُهَذَّبُونَ وَمُحْتَرِمُونَ.
The students at this school are polite and respectful.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ، ظَلَّ رَدُّهُ مُهَذَّبًا.
Despite his anger, his reply stayed polite.
بِرَغْمِ الضَّغْطِ الْهَائِلِ الَّذِي تَعَرَّضَ لَهُ خِلَالَ الْمُقَابَلَةِ، حَافَظَ عَلَى أُسْلُوبٍ مُهَذَّبٍ وَرَزِينٍ فِي كُلِّ إِجَابَاتِهِ.
Despite the enormous pressure he faced during the interview, he kept a polite, composed manner in every answer.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُهَذَّبٌ | مُهَذَّبُونَ |
| Genitive | مُهَذَّبٍ | مُهَذَّبِينَ |
| Accusative | مُهَذَّبًا | مُهَذَّبِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُهَذَّبُ | يَا مُهَذَّبُونَ |
Word family
هَذَّبَto refine, discipline, polish someone's manners
تَهْذِيبrefinement, edification, discipline
مُهَذِّبone who refines or disciplines (a mentor)
مُهَذَّبَةpolite, well-mannered (feminine)
تَهْذِيبِيّdisciplinary, pertaining to refinement
Etymology
مُهَذَّب is the passive participle of the Form II verb هذَّب (haddhaba), built on the triliteral root ه-ذ-ب. The root's base sense is to trim or prune, as a gardener trims a plant into shape. Arabic speakers extended that image to people: to trim someone's character or manners is to refine and discipline them. مُهَذَّب thus literally means one who has been trimmed into good shape, in practice, someone polite and well brought up.
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