Arabic vocabulary
نَظِيفclean in Arabic
نَظِيف is how you say “clean” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
كَانَ اِبْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ أَنِيقًا فِي مَظْهَرِهِ نَزِيهًا نَظِيفًا،
Ibn al-Jawzi was elegant in his appearance, upright and clean,
نظيفًا — clean. A further description, 'clean', sharing the object-style case the 'was' verb imposes on its predicates. The matching ending marks it as one more thing he 'was'.
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