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نَظُف
to be clean, to become clean /ˈnaðˤufa/
verbB1#2424 most common
Also: to become clean, to be tidy, to turn out clean
Example sentences
نَظُفَ الثوبُ بعد الغسل.
The garment became clean after washing.
نَظُفَت الغرفةُ بسرعة.
The room became clean quickly.
نَظُفَت يدايَ بعد الغسل بالصابون.
My hands became clean after washing with soap.
إذا نَظُفَ الشارعُ سيسرّ ذلك الجميع.
If the street becomes clean, that will please everyone.
لن يَنظُفَ البيتُ إلا إذا نظّفناه كل يوم.
The house will not become clean unless we clean it every day.
نَظُفَت المدينةُ نظافةً تامةً بعد الحملة البيئية.
The city became thoroughly clean after the environmental campaign.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَنظُف | نَظُفْتُ | سَأَنظُف |
| 2sg | تَنظُف | نَظُفْتَ | سَتَنظُف |
| 3sg | يَنظُف | نَظُفَ | سَيَنظُف |
| 1pl | نَنظُف | نَظُفْنَا | سَنَنظُف |
| 2pl | تَنظُفون | نَظُفْتُم | سَتَنظُفون |
| 3pl | يَنظُفون | نَظُفُوا | سَيَنظُفون |
Word family
نظيفclean
نظافةcleanliness
نظّفto clean (something), Form II
تنظيفcleaning (the act)
منظفdetergent, cleaning agent
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ن-ظ-ف (n-ẓ-f), which carries the core idea of cleanliness or freedom from dirt. The pattern فَعُلَ (fa'ula) used here is typical of Form I verbs that describe an inherent quality or state, so نَظُفَ describes something being or becoming clean rather than someone cleaning it. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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