Arabic vocabulary
نَظِيفٌclean
How to say “clean” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ولبسوا الثوب النظيف وشموا الطيب وأمسكوا عن الحركات،
They would wear clean clothes, smell perfume, and refrain from movements.
النَّظِيفَ — the clean. The al- makes this definite, 'the clean'. It is an adjective describing 'the garment' and so agrees with it in being definite and in case, sharing the -a object ending of the noun it modifies.
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