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ن-ظ-ف
cleanliness
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Words from this root
6 words in 6 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعِيل Adjective فَعِيل
فَعِيل = a lasting quality (or the person who has it)
See this pattern across the mapنَظِيفٌ
clean
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- Feminine
- نَظِيفَةٌ
فَعَالَة نَظَافَةٌ
cleanliness
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عَامِلُ النَّظَافَةِ cleaner
فَعَّلَ نَظَّفَ
to clean
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- Present
- يُنَظِّفُ
- Command
- نَظِّفْ
تَفْعِيل تَنْظِيفٌ
cleaning
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مُفَعِّل مُنَظِّفٌ
cleaner; detergent
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- Plural
- مُنَظِّفَاتٌ
أَفْعَل أَنْظَفُ
cleaner, cleanest
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How the patterns shape this root
نَظِيف (فَعِيل) is clean and نَظَافَة (فَعَالَة) is cleanliness — عَامِلُ النَّظَافَةِ is the cleaner at your building. Form II نَظَّفَ is to make clean, with تَنْظِيف the cleaning and مُنَظِّف (مُفَعِّل) the one or the thing that cleans: a cleaner or a detergent. أَنْظَف is cleaner, cleanest.
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