ndif نضيف
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“ndif” (نضيف) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning clean, spotless.
Meanings
- clean, spotless
- neat, well-kept
- honest, upright
Usage
Nḍif, feminine nḍifa, plural nḍaf, means "clean". It applies to a place, an object or a person: "ddar nḍifa" ("the house is clean"). It is used alongside n9i, which expresses the same idea. Applied to a person, it can mean that they are neat in appearance, or figuratively that they are honest: "rajel nḍif" ("an upright man"). The corresponding verb is nḍḍef, "to clean", and the noun is nḍafa, "cleanliness".
Example
هاد المطعم نضيف بزاف
had lmaṭ3am nḍif bzaf
“This restaurant is very clean.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ndif” but also “nadif”, “ndife” and “nedif”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ndif” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “clean, neat”; “decent, clean (content, behavior)”: ndhif in Algerian.