Breakdown of استخدمت تصفية النتائج للبحث عن فندق رخيص.
الal
the
فندقfunduq
hotel
لli
for, to (attached)
رخيصrakhîs
cheap
استخدمistakhdama
to use
عن'an
about / from (far from) / on the basis of (merit)
نتيجةnatîja
result
بحثbahth
research / search (for something)
تصفيةtasfiya
filtering
Questions & Answers about استخدمت تصفية النتائج للبحث عن فندق رخيص.
Why is "result filtering" translated as تصفية النتائج instead of putting an adjective after the noun?
This is an idafa (genitive construct). In English, "result" acts like an adjective modifying "filtering," but in Arabic, you cannot stack nouns this way. You must express it as "the filtering of the results," where تصفية is the head noun and النتائج is the definite noun in the genitive case.
What is the root and verb form of تصفية (filtering)?
It comes from the root ص-ف-و (to be pure or clear) and is a Form II verbal noun (masdar). Because the final root letter is weak, its Form II verbal noun takes the pattern تَفْعِلَة instead of the standard تَفْعِيل. In modern contexts, this "purification" or "clearing" translates to "filtering."
Why does للبحث look like one word, and why use a noun here to mean "to search"?
Arabic frequently expresses purpose by attaching the preposition لِـ (for/to) to a verbal noun (masdar), which here is البحث (the search). When لِـ attaches to a word starting with the definite article الـ, the spelling rule requires dropping the alif, turning لِـ + البحث into للبحث (literally: for the search).
Why do we need the preposition عن after للبحث?
The verb بحث and its verbal noun بحث require the preposition عن to mean "to search for" or "to look for." Without عن, the word بحث usually implies researching a topic or discussing something, rather than trying to locate an object like a hotel.
What is the singular form of النتائج (results), and is this a common plural pattern?
The singular is نتيجة (result). It uses the broken plural pattern فَعَائِل, which is highly predictable for singular feminine nouns that have a long vowel in their middle syllable. Other common B2-level examples include دقيقة (minute) becoming دقائق and صحيفة (newspaper) becoming صحائف.
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