نظف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns cleanliness, purity, and being free from dirt, defects, or impurities. It extends to concepts of moral and spiritual purity, as well as thoroughness in taking or consuming something.

Derived headwords

النَّظَافَةnoun

1.
cleanlinessboth
The state of being clean, pure, and free from dirt or contamination.
2.
purityboth
The quality of being pure, unadulterated, or free from anything that defiles.
3.
source of cleaningclassical
The origin or basis of the act of cleaning or making something clean.

نَظُفَverb

1.
to be cleanboth
The thing itself was clean, pure, and free from dirt.

نَظِيفadjective

1.
cleanboth
Possessing the quality of being clean, pure, and free from dirt or impurity.
2.
good and beautifulclassical
Describing something as pleasing in appearance and quality, often due to its cleanliness.

نَظَّفَverb

1.
to cleanboth
To make something clean, pure, or free from dirt and impurities.

تَنْظِيفnoun

1.
cleaningboth
The act or process of making something clean.

تَنَظَّفَverb

1.
to strive for cleanlinessboth
To make an effort to be clean or to achieve cleanliness.
2.
to cleanse oneselfclassical
To purify oneself, especially morally or spiritually.

اسْتَنْظَفَverb

1.
to take all of somethingclassical
To take or consume something entirely, leaving none behind.
2.
to exhaustclassical
To cause complete destruction or annihilation, especially of a group.
3.
to collect fullyclassical
To collect a debt or tax completely, leaving nothing outstanding.

مُنَظَّفَةnoun

1.
cleaning toolclassical
A tool or implement used for cleaning.
2.
woven matclassical
A mat made from palm leaves or similar material.

انْتَظَفَverb

1.
to drink all ofclassical
To drink the entire contents of something, such as milk from a udder.

نَظِيف السَّرَاوِيلexpression

1.
chasteclassical
A euphemism for a person who is chaste or pure in their sexual conduct.

نَجِس السَّرَاوِيلexpression

1.
unchasteclassical
A euphemism for a person who is not chaste or pure in their sexual conduct.

نَظِيفadjective

1.
pure (of scent)classical
Describing something that is free from unpleasant odors, such as the smell of grease or fat.

Parallel reading

النظافة: النقاوة.

Cleanliness: purity.

والنظافة: مصدر التنظيف والفعل اللازم منه نظف الشيء، بالضم، نظافة، فهو نظيف: حسن وبهو.

And cleanliness is the source of cleaning, and the intransitive verb from it is 'nazifa' (to be clean), with damma, meaning 'nazafah' (cleanliness), so it is 'nazif' (clean): good and beautiful.

ونظفه ينظفه تنظيفا أي نقاه.

And he cleaned it, he cleans it, a cleaning, meaning he purified it.

أن الله تبارك وتعالى نظيف يحب النظافة.

That Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is Pure and loves cleanliness.

ثم نظافة القلب عن الغل والحقد والحسد وأمثالها، ثم نظافة المطعم والملبس عن الحرام والشبه، ثم نظافة الظاهر بملابسة العبادات.

Then the cleanliness of the heart from malice, hatred, envy, and the like, then the cleanliness of food and clothing from the forbidden and doubtful, then the cleanliness of the outward by engaging in acts of worship.

نظفوا أفواهكم فإنها طرق القرآن أي صونوها عن اللغو والفحش والغيبة والنميمة والكذب وأمثالها، وعن أكل الحرام والقاذورات والحث على تطهيرها من النجاسات والسؤال.

Cleanse your mouths, for they are the pathways of the Quran, meaning preserve them from idle talk, obscenity, backbiting, slander, lying, and the like, and from eating what is forbidden and filth, and urging their purification from impurities and questioning.

والتنظف: تكلف النظافة.

And 'tanazzuf' (striving for cleanliness): is to seek cleanliness.

استنظفت الشيء أي أخذته نظيفا كله.

I took all of the thing, meaning I took it completely clean.

تكون فتنة تستنظف العرب أي تستوعبهم هلاكا، من استنظفت الشيء إذا أخذته كله؛ ومنه قولهم: استنظفت ما عنده واستغنيت عنه.

There will be a tribulation that exhausts the Arabs, meaning it encompasses them in destruction, from 'istanzafa' the thing when you take it all; and from this is their saying: 'I took all that he had and became independent of it.'

استنظف الوالي ما عليه من الخراج: استوفاه، ولا يستعمل التنظيف في هذا المعنى؛ قال الجوهري: يقال استنظفت الخراج ولا يقال نظفته.

The governor collected all the tax due from him: he collected it fully, and 'tanzeef' is not used in this meaning; Al-Jawhari said: It is said 'istanzafa' the tax, and it is not said 'nazzfahu'.

نظف الفصيل ما في ضرع أمه وانتظفه: شرب جميع ما فيه، وانتظفته أنا كذلك.

The young camel cleaned out what was in its mother's udder and 'intazafahu': it drank all that was in it, and I 'intazafahu' likewise.

والتنظف عند العرب التنطس والتقزز وطلب النظافة من رائحة غمر أو نفي زهومة وما أشبهها، وكذلك غسل الوسخ والدرن والدنس.

And 'tanazzuf' among the Arabs is fastidiousness, being picky, and seeking cleanliness from the smell of grease or the removal of greasiness and the like, as well as washing away dirt, grime, and filth.

ويقال للأشنان وما أشبهه: نظيف، لتنظيفه اليد والثوب من غمر المرق واللحم ووضر الودك وما أشبهه.

And soapwort and the like are called 'nazif' (clean), because of its cleaning the hand and garment from the grease of broth and meat and the fat of tallow and the like.

وفلان نجس السراويل إذا كان غير عفيف الفرج.

And so-and-so is 'najis al-sarawil' (impure of trousers) if he is unchaste in his private parts.