نظف

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ن ظ ف (n ẓ f)
6 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

نَظُفَ (naẓufa) I (non-past يَنْظُفُ (yanẓufu), verbal noun نَظافَة (naẓāfa))

  1. (stative, intransitive) to be clean
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

نَظَّفَ (naẓẓafa) II (non-past يُنَظِّفُ (yunaẓẓifu), verbal noun تَنْظِيف (tanẓīf))

  1. (transitive, causative) to clean
    أَغْسِلُ يَدَيَّ وَوَجْهِي بِالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ وَالصَّابُونِ وَأُنَظِّفُ أَسْنَانِي بِفُرْشَةِ الْأَسْنَانِ.
    ʾaḡsilu yadayya wa-wajhī bi-l-māʾi l-bāridi wa-ṣ-ṣābūni wa-ʾunaẓẓifu ʾasnānī bi-furšati l-ʾasnāni.
    I wash my hands and face with cold water and soap and clean my teeth with a toothbrush.
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: naddaf

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نظف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

نظّف (naḍḍaf) II (present بنظّف (binaḍḍef))

  1. Alternative spelling of نضّف (naḍḍaf)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of نظّف (naḍḍaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نظّفت (naḍḍaft) نظّفت (naḍḍaft) نظّف (naḍḍaf) نظّفنا (naḍḍafna) نظّفتو (naḍḍaftu) نظّفو (naḍḍafu)
f نظّفتي (naḍḍafti) نظّفت (naḍḍafat)
present m بنظّف (banaḍḍef) بتنظّف (bitnaḍḍef) بنظّف (binaḍḍef) مننظّف (minnaḍḍef) بتنظّفو (bitnaḍḍfu) بنظّفو (binaḍḍfu)
f بتنظّفي (bitnaḍḍfi) بتنظّف (bitnaḍḍef)
subjunctive m انظّف (anaḍḍef) تنظّف (tnaḍḍef) ينظّف (ynaḍḍef) ننظّف (nnaḍḍef) تنظّفو (tnaḍḍfu) ينظّفو (ynaḍḍfu)
f تنظّفي (tnaḍḍfi) تنظّف (tnaḍḍef)
imperative m نظّف (naḍḍef) نظّفو (naḍḍfu)
f نظّفي (naḍḍfi)