Translation
clean, pure
Examples
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The room is clean and bright.
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She wore a clean white garment.
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I drank clean water from the river.
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His hands were not clean.
, dubo.
That is the pure truth, without any doubt.
does the work of both clean and pure, which is tidier than English manages. The affixes handle the rest: a is dirty, i is to clean something, i is to become clean, and o is purity as an abstract quality. Watch the causative pair, because English speakers reach for the adjective where the verb is wanted. You do not make the room pure, you as . Figuratively it behaves as expected, so is pure gold and a clear conscience.
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