النظافة

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of cleanliness, purity, and tidiness. It extends to the act of cleaning, being clean, and the state of being pure. It also encompasses related ideas like thoroughness and taking pains.

Derived headwords

النَّظَافَةnoun

1.
cleanlinessboth
The state or quality of being clean; freedom from dirt, pollution, or other undesirable matter.
2.
purityboth
The state of being pure, unadulterated, or morally clean.

نَظُفَverb

1.
to be cleanboth
To be free from dirt, impurity, or contamination.

نَظِيفadjective

1.
cleanboth
Free from dirt, marks, or stains; tidy.
2.
pureboth
Morally uncontaminated; chaste.

نَظَّفَverb

1.
to cleanboth
To make something free from dirt, stains, or unwanted matter.

تَنْظِيفnoun

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

تَنَظَّفَverb

1.
to clean oneselfboth
To make oneself clean; to wash or groom oneself.
2.
to strive for cleanlinessclassical
To make an effort to be clean or pure.

اِسْتَنْظَفَverb

1.
to collect thoroughlyclassical
To collect or extract something completely, leaving nothing behind.
2.
to take all ofclassical
To take the entirety of something.

Parallel reading

النَّظَافَة: النقاوة

Cleanliness: purity.

فهو نظيف

And he is clean.

ونظفه تنظيفا

And he cleaned it thoroughly.

فتنظف

So he cleaned himself.

والنظيف، كأمير: الأشنان

And 'al-nadheef', like 'ameer', refers to soapwort.

وهو نظيف السراويل: عفيف الفرج

And 'nadheef al-saraweel' means chaste in his private parts.

واستنظف الوالي ما عليه من الخراج: استوفى

And the governor collected all the taxes due: he collected them completely.

و الشيء: أخذه كله

And [he collected] the thing: he took all of it.

وتنظف: تكلف النظافة

And 'tanadhdhufa': he made an effort to be clean.