النصف

Root entry · 44 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'half' or 'division into two'. It extends to notions of fairness, service, and reaching a midpoint, both literally and figuratively.

Derived headwords

النِّصْفnoun

1.
halfboth
One of the two equal parts of something.
2.
middleboth
The middle or central part of something.
3.
fairnessclassical
Justice or equitable treatment.

النَّصِيفnoun

1.
halfclassical
Synonym for 'nisf', referring to one of two equal parts.

أَنْصَافnoun

1.
halvesboth
Plural of 'nisf', meaning halves.

النِّصْفَةnoun

1.
fairnessboth
Justice, equity, or impartiality.
2.
halfclassical
One of two equal parts.

نِصْفَانadjective

1.
half-fullclassical
Describing a container (like an urn) that is half-full of water.

نِصْفَىadjective

1.
half-fullclassical
Describing a waterskin that has reached half its capacity.

نَصَفَverb

1.
to reach halfboth
To reach the halfway point, especially of time or a journey.
2.
to take halfboth
To take half of something.
3.
to serveclassical
To serve or assist someone.

انْتَصَفَverb

1.
to reach the middleboth
To reach the middle or halfway point, especially of the day.
2.
to take halfboth
To take half of something.
3.
to travel halfwayclassical
To travel for half the day.

أَنْصَفَverb

1.
to take halfclassical
To take half of something.
2.
to serveclassical
To serve or assist someone.
3.
to be fairboth
To act justly or equitably.

نَصَّفَverb

1.
to halveboth
To divide something into two equal parts.
2.
to make halfboth
To make something into halves.
3.
to dye halfclassical
To dye the hair or beard so that black and white appear in equal parts.

تَنْصِيفnoun

1.
halvingboth
The act of dividing into two equal parts.
2.
dyeing halfclassical
Dyeing hair or beard to show black and white in equal parts.

مُنْتَصَفnoun

1.
middleboth
The middle or central point of something.

اسْتَنْصَفَverb

1.
to receive full dueclassical
To receive one's full right or share, so that both parties are equal.

تَنَاصَفُواverb

1.
to share equallyclassical
To give each other half, or to share something equally.

نَاصَفَverb

1.
to divide in halfclassical
To divide something with someone, or to share it equally.

تَنَصَّفَverb

1.
to serveclassical
To serve or work for someone.
2.
to be usedclassical
To be employed or used by someone.
3.
to submitclassical
To yield or submit to someone.
4.
to ask for fairnessclassical
To ask someone for justice or fairness.

مُنَاصَفَةnoun

1.
sharing equallyclassical
The act of sharing something equally or dividing it in half.

النَّاصِفnoun

1.
servantclassical
A male servant.

النَّاصِفَةnoun

1.
female servantclassical
A female servant.

النُّصُوفnoun

1.
partially ripeclassical
Describing date palms whose fruit is partially red and partially green.

المُنْصِفnoun

1.
servantclassical
A servant (male or female).
2.
valleyclassical
A valley in the region of Yamama.

مِنْصَفnoun

1.
middle of the roadclassical
The middle part of a road.

النَّاصِفَةname

1.
Nasefaclassical
A proper name (feminine).

نَاصِفَةnoun

1.
watercourseclassical
The course or channel of water.
2.
rock in a wadiclassical
A rock found in the middle of wadi beds.

النَّاصِفَةnoun

1.
head coveringclassical
A headscarf, turban, or anything that covers the head.
2.
two-coloredclassical
Describing something that has two colors, like frost.
3.
measureclassical
A unit of measurement, likely a dry measure.

النُّصْفnoun

1.
servantsclassical
Plural of 'nasif', referring to servants.

النَّاصِفnoun

1.
servantclassical
A single servant.

نِصْفadjective

1.
middle-aged womanclassical
A woman between youth and old age, around 45-50 years old.

نُصَيْفadjective

1.
young womanclassical
Diminutive of 'nisf', referring to a young woman (without the 'taa marbuta' because it's an adjective).

أَنْصَافnoun

1.
middle-aged womenclassical
Plural of 'nisf', referring to middle-aged women.

نِصْفnoun

1.
middle-aged womenclassical
Plural of 'nisf', referring to middle-aged women.

نِصْفadjective

1.
average personclassical
A person of average standing among people.

الإنْصَافnoun

1.
fairnessboth
Justice, equity, impartiality.

النِّصْفَةnoun

1.
fairnessboth
Justice or equity.

أَنْصَفَverb

1.
to travel halfwayclassical
To travel during the middle of the day.
2.
to reach the middleclassical
To reach the halfway point.
3.
to take halfclassical
To take half of something.
4.
to speed upclassical
To hasten or move quickly.

تَنْصِيفnoun

1.
dyeing hairclassical
Dyeing a woman's hair.
2.
halvingboth
Making something into two halves.
3.
grayingclassical
The hair and beard becoming half black and half white.

نِصْفverb

1.
to be cooked downclassical
Describing a drink that has been boiled until half of its liquid has evaporated.

تَنَصَّفَverb

1.
to be coveredclassical
To cover one's head with a turban.

انْتَصَفَverb

1.
to receive full shareclassical
To receive one's full right or share, so that both parties are equal.
2.
to matureclassical
A young woman reaching maturity (her hair becoming covered).
3.
to enterclassical
An arrow entering its target.

مُنْتَصَفnoun

1.
middleboth
The middle or center of anything.

تَنَاصَفُواverb

1.
to share equallyclassical
To give each other half, or to share something equally.

نَاصَفَهُverb

1.
to share withclassical
To divide something with someone, or to share it equally.

تَنَصَّفَverb

1.
to serveclassical
To serve or work for someone.
2.
to employclassical
To use someone's services; to employ them.
3.
to submitclassical
To yield or submit to someone.
4.
to ask for fairnessclassical
To ask someone for justice or fairness.
5.
to be coveredclassical
To be affected by gray hair; to become gray.

المَنَاصِفname

1.
Al-Manasifclassical
A place name.

Parallel reading

أحد شقي الشيء

One of the two halves of a thing.

إناء نصفان

An urn that is half-full.

قربة نصفى

A waterskin that has reached its halfway point (with water).

بلغ الماء نصفه

The water reached its halfway point.

ونصفه، كنصره: بلغ نصفه

And 'nasafahu', like 'nasarahu': it reached its halfway point.

والنهار: انتصف كأنصف

And the day: it reached its middle, like 'ansafa'.

والقوم نصفا ونصافة، ويكسر: أخذ منهم النصف

And the people, 'nusfan' and 'nusafatan', and with kasr: he took half from them.

والشيء نصفا: أخذ نصفه

And the thing, 'nusfan': he took half of it.

والقدح: شرب نصفه

And the cup: he drank half of it.

والنخل نصوفا: احمر بعض بسره، وبعضه أخضر

And the date palms, 'nusufan': some of their fruit became red, and some of it green.

وفلانا ينصفه وينصفه نصفا ونصافا ونصافة، بكسرهما وفتحهما: خدمه، كأنصفه

And so-and-so, he serves him and serves him with 'nusfan' and 'nisafan', with their kasr and their fath: he served him, like 'ansafahu'.

والمنصف كمقعد ومنبر: الخادم، وهي بهاء، ج: مناصف

And 'al-munsef' like 'maq'ad' and 'minbar': the servant, and she is 'bahaa', plural: 'manasef'.

وكمقعد: واد باليمامة

And like 'maq'ad': a valley in Yamama.

ومن الطريق: نصفه

And of the road: its middle.

ومن الماء: مجراه، ج: نواصف، أو صخرة تكون في مناصف أسناد الوادي

And of the water: its course, plural: 'nawasef', or a rock that is in the middle of the wadi beds.

وكأمير: الخمار والعمامة، وكل ما غطى الرأس

And like 'ameer': the headscarf and the turban, and everything that covers the head.

ومن البرد: ماله لونان

And of the cold: it has two colors.

ومكيال

And a measure.

والمرأة بين الحدثة والمسنة، أو التي بلغت خمسا وأربعين، أو خمسين سنة ونحوها

And the woman between youth and old age, or who has reached forty-five, or fifty years and the like.

وهن أنصاف ونصف، بضمتين وبضمة

And they are 'ansaf' and 'nusf', with two dammah and one dammah.

وهو نصف، محركة، من أنصاف ونصفين

And it is 'nusf', with harakah, from 'ansaf' and 'nusfayn'.

ورجل نصف بالكسر: من أوساط الناس

And a man, 'nusf' with kasr: from the average people.

والإنصاف: العدل

And 'al-insaf': justice.

والاسم: النصف والنصف

And the noun: 'al-nisf' and 'al-nusfah'.

وأنصف: سار نصف النهار

And 'ansafa': he traveled half the day.

والنهار: بلغ النصف

And the day: it reached the middle.

والشيء: أخذ نصفه

And the thing: he took half of it.

وفلان: أسرع

And so-and-so: he hastened.

ونصف الجارية تنصيفا: خمرها

And 'nasafa' the slave girl, 'tansifan': he covered her hair.

والشيء: جعله نصفين

And the thing: he made it into two halves.

ورأسه ولحيته: صار السواد والبياض نصفين

And his head and his beard: the black and white became in two halves.

والشراب طبخ حتى ذهب نصفه

And the drink was cooked until half of it was gone.

ومن خمر رأسه بعمامة

And from covering his head with a turban.

وانتصف منه: استوفى حقه منه كاملا، حتى صار كل على النصف سواء

And 'intasafa' from him: he took his full right from him completely, until each became equal on the half.

والجارية: اختمرت، كتنصف فيهما

And the slave girl: she matured, like 'tanassafa' in them.

وسهمه في الصيد: دخل

And his arrow in the hunt: it entered.

ومنتصف كل شيء، بفتح الصاد: وسطه

And 'muntasef' of everything, with fath on the sad: its middle.

وتناصفوا: أنصف بعضهم بعضا

And they 'tanasafu': some of them gave half to the other.

وناصفه: قاسمه على النصف

And 'nassafahu': he shared it with him on the half.

وتنصف: خدم

And 'tanassafa': he served.

وفلانا: استخدمه، ضد

And so-and-so: he employed him, the opposite.

وزيدا: طلب ما عنده

And Zayd: he asked for what he had.

وفلانا: خضع له

And so-and-so: he submitted to him.

والسلطان: سأله أن ينصفه

And the Sultan: he asked him to be fair to him.

والشيب إياه: عمه

And the gray hair of it: it covered it.

وتنصفناك بيننا: جعلناك بيننا

And we made you 'tanassaf' between us: we made you between us.

والمناصف: ع

And 'Al-Manasif': a place name.