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نَظِيف
clean /naˈðˤiːf/
adjectiveB1#1424 most common
Also: tidy, neat, hygienic
Example sentences
البيتُ نَظيفٌ.
The house is clean.
غُرْفَتي نَظيفةٌ دائماً.
My room is always clean.
يَجِبُ أن تَشْرَبَ ماءً نَظيفاً.
You must drink clean water.
يَرْتَدي الأطفالُ مَلابِسَ نَظيفةً في العيد.
The children wear clean clothes on the holiday.
يَحْرِصُ على إبقاءِ يَدَيْهِ نَظيفَتَيْنِ قبل الطعام.
He makes sure to keep his hands clean before eating.
الشَّوارِعُ النَّظيفةُ دَليلٌ على رُقِيِّ المُجْتَمَعِ وحَضارَتِهِ.
Clean streets are a sign of a society's refinement and its level of civilization.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَظيفٌ | نِظافٌ |
| Genitive | نَظيفٍ | نِظافٍ |
| Accusative | نَظيفاً | نِظافاً |
| Vocative | يا نَظيفُ | يا نِظافُ |
Word family
نَظَّفَto clean
نَظافةcleanliness
تَنْظيفcleaning
مُنَظِّفdetergent, cleaner
Etymology
Naẓīf comes from the triliteral Semitic root n-ẓ-f, which carries the sense of cleanliness and the removal of dirt. It follows the faʿīl pattern, a common Arabic template for adjectives that name a quality. The same root gives the verb naẓẓafa, to clean, and the noun naẓāfa, cleanliness.
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