clean in Arabic: نظيف (naẓīf) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

How to use it

"clean" is used as an adjective meaning free of dirt or impurities. It agrees in gender and number with the noun it describes. In MSA the short vowel endings are often omitted in everyday writing.

Example sentences

الْغُرْفَةُ نَظِيفَةٌ جِدًّا.

al-ghurfatu naẓīfatun jiddan.

The room is very clean.
أَنظِّفِ السَّطْحَ بَعْدَ الشُّغْلِ.

anẓif al-saṭḥa baʿda al-shughl.

Clean the floor after work.
هَذَا القَمِيصُ نَظِيفٌ.

hādhā al-qamīṣu naẓīfun.

This shirt is clean.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Clean your room.

نظف غرفتك.

Clean the mirror.

نظف المرايا.

Clean up the room.

نظف الغرفة.

^Clean package cache

^تنظيف مخزن الحزم

Clean ^obsolete files

حذف الملفاة ال^ملغية

Are your hands clean?

هل يداك نظيفتان؟

Brush your teeth clean.

نظف أسنانك

Clean Development Mechanism

(ج) آلية التنمية النظيفة

Citizens for a Clean Economy

مواطنون يدعون لاقتصاد نظيف

Green Energy and Clean Politics

طاقة خضراء وسياسة نظيفة

Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground

ومن البهائم الطاهرة والبهائم التي ليست بطاهرة ومن الطيور وكل ما يدبّ على الارض

Except him who brings to Allah a clean heart [ clean from Shirk ( polytheism ) and Nifaq ( hypocrisy ) ].

« إلا » لكن « من أتى الله بقلب سليم » من الشرك والنفاق وهو قلب المؤمن فإنه ينفعه ذلك.

Questions and answers

Can "clean" be used as a verb?

Yes, the verb form is "to clean" (to make something clean).

Is there a feminine form?

Yes, "نظيفة" (naẓīfah) is the feminine singular.

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