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نظف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of cleanliness, purity, and being free from dirt or defect. It extends to the act of cleaning, the state of being clean, and even the idea of taking something entirely.

Derived headwords

النظافةnoun
  1. 1.
    Cleanlinessboth

    The state or quality of being clean and free from dirt, impurities, or pollution.

  2. 2.
    Purityboth

    The state of being pure, unadulterated, or morally clean.

نَظُفَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing became cleanboth

    the thing became clean

  2. 2.
    someone else cleaned it, meaning purified itboth

    someone else cleaned it, meaning purified it

نَظِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    it is cleanboth

    it is clean

نَظَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing became cleanboth

    the thing became clean

  2. 2.
    someone else cleaned it, meaning purified itboth

    someone else cleaned it, meaning purified it

تَنْظِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    cleaningboth

    The act or process of making something clean.

  2. 2.
    purificationboth

    The act of making something pure or free from contamination.

تَنَطُّفnoun
  1. 1.
    affecting cleanlinessclassical

    The act of feigning or affecting cleanliness, often excessively or pretentiously.

اسْتَنْظَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to take entirelyclassical

    To take or acquire something completely, leaving nothing behind.

Parallel reading

النظافة: النقاوة.
Cleanliness: purity.
وقد نظف الشئ بالضم، فهو نظيف.
And the thing became clean (with damma on the 'ẓā'), and it is clean.
ونظفته أنا تنظيفا، أي نقيته.
And I cleaned it, meaning I purified it.
والتنطف، تكلف النظافة.
And 'tanattuf' is affecting cleanliness.
واستنظفت الشئ، أي أخذته كله.
And I took the thing entirely, meaning I took all of it.
يقال استنظفت الخراج، ولا يقال نظفته.
It is said 'istanzhaftu al-khirāja' (I took the tribute entirely), and it is not said 'naẓẓaftuhu' (I cleaned it).