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ناضِج

ripe /ˈnaː.dˤɪdʒ/

adjectiveB2#3050 most common

Also: mature, well-cooked, well-done

Example sentences

الموز ناضِج.
The banana is ripe.
هذه التفاحة ناضجة وحلوة.
This apple is ripe and sweet.
يجب أن يكون اللحم ناضِجًا قبل تقديمه.
The meat must be fully cooked before it is served.
هو رجل ناضِج يعرف كيف يتعامل مع المشاكل.
He is a mature man who knows how to handle problems.
تحتاج هذه الفاكهة إلى أسابيع حتى تصبح ناضجة تمامًا.
This fruit needs weeks before it becomes fully ripe.
على الرغم من أن قرارها بدا متسرعًا للوهلة الأولى، إلا أن الطريقة الناضجة التي تعاملت بها مع تبعاته لاحقًا أثبتت عكس ذلك تمامًا.
Although her decision seemed rash at first glance, the mature way she handled its consequences later proved the exact opposite.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeناضِجٌناضِجُونَ
Genitiveناضِجٍناضِجِينَ
Accusativeناضِجًاناضِجِينَ
Vocativeيا ناضِجُيا ناضِجُونَ

Word family

نَضَجَto ripen, to become fully cooked
نُضْجripeness, maturity
إِنْضَاجthe act of ripening or bringing something to full maturity
ناضجةripe, mature (feminine form)
غير ناضجunripe, immature

Etymology

ناضِج comes from the Arabic triliteral root ن-ض-ج (n-ḍ-j), which carries the sense of something reaching completion through heat or time, as in cooking or ripening. The word itself is the active participle of the verb نَضَجَ, meaning to ripen or to become fully cooked. Arabic is a Semitic language, so this root has no link to Proto-Indo-European.

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