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نصف

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root 'نصف' (n-ṣ-f) primarily denotes the concept of 'half' or 'middle'. It extends to related ideas such as fairness, service, and reaching a midpoint, both literally and figuratively.

Derived headwords

النِّصْفnoun
  1. 1.
    halfboth

    One of two equal parts of something.

  2. 2.
    fairnessclassical

    Equity or justice, derived from the concept of giving an equal share.

نِصْفnoun
  1. 1.
    one half of somethingboth

    one half of something

  2. 2.
    a woman between youth and old ageboth

    a woman between youth and old age

  3. 3.
    a man of middle ageboth

    a man of middle age

  4. 4.
    it reached its halfboth

    it reached its half

  5. 5.
    the gray hair reached his headboth

    the gray hair reached his head

  6. 6.
    the loincloth reached his legboth

    the loincloth reached his leg

  7. 7.
    midday arrivedboth

    midday arrived

{فلها النصف} — {Then she shall have half}.
نِصْفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    half-fullboth

    An adjective describing a container, like a vessel, that has reached half its capacity with liquid.

وإناء نصفان بالفتح، أي بلغ الماء نصفه — And a vessel half-full, meaning the water reached its half.
النَّصِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    veilclassical

    A head covering or veil worn by women.

  2. 2.
    halfboth

    The half of something; a portion.

  3. 3.
    measureclassical

    A specific unit of measurement, likely a dry measure.

سقط النصيف ولم ترد إسقاطه — The veil fell, though she did not intend to drop it.
لم يغذها مد ولا نصيف — It did not nourish her with a mudd or a nussayf.
نَصِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    the halfboth

    the half

  2. 2.
    a measureboth

    a measure

والنصف بالتحريك: المرأة بين الحدثة والمسنة، وتصغيرها نصيف بلاهاء، لانها صفة — And an-nassif (with harakah): the woman between youth and old age, and its diminutive is nussayf without the ta' marbuta, because it is an adjective.
أَنْصَافnoun
  1. 1.
    half-portionsboth

    Plural of 'nisf', referring to halves or half-portions.

ونساء أنصاف — And women (in the state of being) halves.
أَنْصَافnoun
  1. 1.
    servantsclassical

    Plural of 'nasif', referring to servants or helpers.

ورجل نصف، وقوم أنصاف ونصفون، عن يعقوب — And a man (as) nasif, and a people ansaf and nisfun, according to Ya'qub.
نَاصِفnoun
  1. 1.
    servantclassical

    A servant or helper.

والنصف أيضا: الخدام، الواحد ناصف — And an-nisf also: the servants, the singular is nasif.
النَّاصِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    water channelclassical

    A channel or conduit for water.

والناصفة: مجرى الماء، والجمع النواصف — And an-nasifah: the water channel, and the plural is an-nawasef.
النَّوَاصِفnoun
  1. 1.
    water channelsclassical

    Plural of 'nasifah', referring to water channels or conduits.

  2. 2.
    open spacesclassical

    Wide, open areas or courtyards.

خلايا سفين بالنواصف من دد — Like ships in the water channels of Dad.
والنواصف: رحاب — And an-nawasef: open spaces.
نَصَفَverb
  1. 1.
    one half of somethingboth

    one half of something

  2. 2.
    a woman between youth and old ageboth

    a woman between youth and old age

  3. 3.
    a man of middle ageboth

    a man of middle age

  4. 4.
    it reached its halfboth

    it reached its half

  5. 5.
    the gray hair reached his headboth

    the gray hair reached his head

  6. 6.
    the loincloth reached his legboth

    the loincloth reached his leg

  7. 7.
    midday arrivedboth

    midday arrived

نصفت الشئ، إذا بلغت نصفه — I halved the thing, if you reached its half.
نصفت القرآن، أي بلغت النصف — I halved the Quran, meaning I reached the half.
نَصَفَverb
  1. 1.
    one half of somethingboth

    one half of something

  2. 2.
    a woman between youth and old ageboth

    a woman between youth and old age

  3. 3.
    a man of middle ageboth

    a man of middle age

  4. 4.
    it reached its halfboth

    it reached its half

  5. 5.
    the gray hair reached his headboth

    the gray hair reached his head

  6. 6.
    the loincloth reached his legboth

    the loincloth reached his leg

  7. 7.
    midday arrivedboth

    midday arrived

ونصفهم ينصفهم نصافا ونصافة، عن يعقوب، أي خدمهم — And he served them, he served them nasafan and nasafatan, according to Ya'qub, meaning he served them.
انْتَصَفَverb
  1. 1.
    it is from itboth

    it is from it

ونصف النهار وانتصف بمعنى — And noon and it reached noon are synonymous.
وانتصف النهار، أي انتصف — And the day reached its noon, meaning it reached noon.
أَنْصَفَverb
  1. 1.
    he was fairboth

    he was fair

وأنصف، أي عدل — And he was fair, meaning he was just.
يقال: أنصفه من نفسه — It is said: he was fair to him from himself.
تَنَاصَفَverb
  1. 1.
    some of them were fair to othersboth

    some of them were fair to others

وتناصفوا، أي أنصف بعضهم بعضا من نفسه — And they were fair to each other, meaning some of them were fair to others from themselves.
يعنى استواء المحاسن، كأن بعض أعضاء الوجه أنصف بعضا في أخذ القسط من الجمال — Meaning the equality of the beauties, as if some parts of the face were fair to each other in taking their share of beauty.
انْتَصَفَverb
  1. 1.
    it is from itboth

    it is from it

وانتَصَفَتِ الجاربة وتنصفت، أي اختمرت — And the woman wore a veil and wore a veil, meaning she covered her head.
تَنْصِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    halvingboth

    The act of dividing something into two halves.

وتنصيف الشئ: جعله نصفين — And tansiif of a thing: making it into two halves.
نَصَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    one half of somethingboth

    one half of something

  2. 2.
    a woman between youth and old ageboth

    a woman between youth and old age

  3. 3.
    a man of middle ageboth

    a man of middle age

  4. 4.
    it reached its halfboth

    it reached its half

  5. 5.
    the gray hair reached his headboth

    the gray hair reached his head

  6. 6.
    the loincloth reached his legboth

    the loincloth reached his leg

  7. 7.
    midday arrivedboth

    midday arrived

ونصفتها أنا تنصيفا — And I halved it (caused it to be halved).
نَاصَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to share equallyboth

    To divide something equally, especially wealth, with someone.

وناصفته المال: قاسمته على النصف — And I shared the money with him: I divided it with him by half.
تَنَصَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to serveclassical

    To be in service; to serve others.

وتنصف، أي خدم — And he served, meaning he served.
إذا نحن فيهم سوقة نتنصف — When we were among them as commoners, serving.
المِنْصَفnoun
  1. 1.
    middle of the roadboth

    The middle part or section of a road.

المِنْصِفnoun
  1. 1.
    servantclassical

    A servant or helper.

والمنصف (بكسر الميم): الخادم. هذا قول الاصمعي. والجمع مناصف — And al-minsif (with kasr mim): the servant. This is the saying of Al-Asma'i. And the plural is manasef.
المُنْتَصَفnoun
  1. 1.
    middayboth

    The middle of the day; noon.

وأنصف النهار، أي انتصف — And the middle of the day, meaning it reached midday.
مَنَاصِفnoun
  1. 1.
    servantsclassical

    Plural of 'minsif', referring to servants.

والجمع مناصف — And the plural is manasef.
نِصَافnoun
  1. 1.
    serviceclassical

    The act of serving or providing assistance.

ونصفهم ينصفهم نصافا ونصافة — And he served them, he served them nasafan and nasafatan.
نَصَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    serviceclassical

    The act of serving or providing assistance.

ونصفهم ينصفهم نصافا ونصافة — And he served them, he served them nasafan and nasafatan.

Parallel reading

النصف: أحد شقى الشئ.
Half: one of the two halves of a thing.
والنصف أيضا: النصفة، هو الاسم من الإنصاف.
And half also: fairness, it is the noun from 'to be fair'.
ولكن نصفا لو سببت وسبني بنو عبد شمس من مناف وهاشم.
But fairness if you reviled me and the sons of Abd Shams reviled me from Banu Manaf and Banu Hashim.
والنصف بالضم: لغة في النصف.
And an-nisf (with dammah): a dialectal variation for an-nisf.
{فلها النصف}.
{Then she shall have half}.
وإناء نصفان بالفتح، أي بلغ الماء نصفه.
And a vessel half-full (with fathah), meaning the water reached its half.
والنصف بالتحريك: المرأة بين الحدثة والمسنة، وتصغيرها نصيف بلاهاء، لانها صفة.
And an-nassif (with harakah): the woman between youth and old age, and its diminutive is nussayf without the ta' marbuta, because it is an adjective.
ونساء أنصاف، ورجل نصف، وقوم أنصاف ونصفون، عن يعقوب.
And women (in the state of being) halves, and a man (as) nasif, and a people ansaf and nisfun, according to Ya'qub.
والنصف أيضا: الخدام، الواحد ناصف.
And an-nisf also: the servants, the singular is nasif.
والناصفة: مجرى الماء، والجمع النواصف.
And an-nasifah: the water channel, and the plural is an-nawasef.
كأن حدوج المالكية غدوة خلايا سفين بالنواصف من دد.
Like the litters of the Malikiyyah in the morning, like ships in the water channels of Dad.
والنصيف: الخمار.
And an-nassif: the veil.
سقط النصيف ولم ترد إسقاطه فتناولته واتقتنا باليد.
The veil fell, though she did not intend to drop it, so she picked it up and shielded us with her hand.
والنصيف: نصف الشئ.
And an-nassif: half of a thing.
والنصيف: مكيال، ومنه قول الشاعر: لم يغذها مد ولا نصيف ولا تميرات ولا تعجيف.
And an-nassif: a measure, and from it is the saying of the poet: It did not nourish her with a mudd or a nussayf, nor with small dates, nor with dried grapes.
وفى الحديث: " ما بلغتم مد أحدهم ولا نصيفه ".
And in the Hadith: 'You did not reach the mudd of one of them nor his nussayf'.
ونصفت الشئ، إذا بلغت نصفه.
And I halved the thing, if you reached its half.
تقول: نصفت القرآن، أي بلغت النصف.
You say: I halved the Quran, meaning I reached the half.
ونصف عمره ونصف الشيب رأسه، ونصف الازار ساقه.
And half his life, and half the gray hair of his head, and half the loincloth of his leg.
وكنت إذا جاري دعا لمضوفة أشمر حتى ينصف الساق مئزري.
And I would, when my neighbor called for a feast, tuck up until my loincloth reached halfway down my leg.
ونصف النهار وانتصف بمعنى، ومنه قول المسيب بن علس يذكر غائصا نصف النهار الماء غامره ورفيقه بالغيب لا يدري.
And noon and it reached noon are synonymous, and from it is the saying of Al-Musayyab bin 'Alas mentioning a diver at noon, the water engulfing him, and his companion in the unseen does not know.
ونصفهم ينصفهم نصافا ونصافة، عن يعقوب، أي خدمهم.
And he served them, he served them nasafan and nasafatan, according to Ya'qub, meaning he served them.
لها غلل من رازقي وكرسف بأيمان عجم ينصفون المقاولا.
It has harvests of cotton and flax in the hands of non-Arabs who serve the masters.
والمنصف بالفتح: نصف الطريق.
And al-minsaf (with fathah): the middle of the road.
والمنصف (بكسر الميم): الخادم. هذا قول الاصمعي. والجمع مناصف.
And al-minsif (with kasr mim): the servant. This is the saying of Al-Asma'i. And the plural is manasef.
وأنصف النهار، أي انتصف.
And the middle of the day, meaning it reached midday.
وأنصف، أي عدل.
And he was fair, meaning he was just.
يقال: أنصفه من نفسه، وانتصفت أنا منه.
It is said: he was fair to him from himself, and I took my due from him.
وتناصفوا، أي أنصف بعضهم بعضا من نفسه.
And they were fair to each other, meaning some of them were fair to others from themselves.
أنى غرضت إلى تناصف وجهها غرض المحب إلى الحبيب الغائب.
How my desire for the symmetry of her face is like the lover's desire for the absent beloved.
يعنى استواء المحاسن، كأن بعض أعضاء الوجه أنصف بعضا في أخذ القسط من الجمال.
Meaning the equality of the beauties, as if some parts of the face were fair to each other in taking their share of beauty.
وانتَصَفَتِ الجاربة وتنصفت، أي اختمرت.
And the woman wore a veil and wore a veil, meaning she covered her head.
ونصفتها أنا تنصيفا.
And I halved it (caused it to be halved).
وتنصيف الشئ: جعله نصفين.
And tansiif of a thing: making it into two halves.
وناصفته المال: قاسمته على النصف.
And I shared the money with him: I divided it with him by half.
وتنصف، أي خدم.
And he served, meaning he served.
فبينا نسوس الناس والأمر أمرنا إذا نحن فيهم سوقة نتنصف.
While we used to lead the people and the command was ours, suddenly we were among them as commoners, serving.