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anṣafa

be just, be impartial

أَنْصَفَ

Word

Verb · Form IV

Root

ن ص ف

Forms

Present
يُنْصِفُ
Verbal noun
إِنْصاف

In the library

وكان الرجل إذا سمع اسم القاضي الحنفي أنصف من نفسه قبل الوصول إليه.

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Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ أَنْصَفَيُنْصِفُ—
she هِيَ أَنْصَفَتتُنْصِفُ—
they two (m.) هُما أَنْصَفايُنْصِفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما أَنْصَفَتاتُنْصِفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ أَنْصَفُوايُنْصِفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ أَنْصَفْنَيُنْصِفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ أَنْصَفْتَتُنْصِفُأَنْصِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ أَنْصَفْتِتُنْصِفِينَأَنْصِفِي
you two أَنْتُما أَنْصَفْتُماتُنْصِفانِأَنْصِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ أَنْصَفْتُمتُنْصِفُونَأَنْصِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ أَنْصَفْتُنَّتُنْصِفْنَأَنْصِفْنَ
I أَنا أَنْصَفْتُأُنْصِفُ—
we نَحْنُ أَنْصَفْنانُنْصِفُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 9 entries
  • أَنَصَفَهُ Form IV He did justice to him
    He did justice to him: (MA:) he acted equitably with him: (Msb:) he gave him, or obtained for him, his right, or due, from (مِنْ) another: see أَعْذَرَ. ― -b2- إِنْصاَفٌ The giving what is right, or due: (M:) or the granting, or rendering, justice. (KL, PS.) ― -b3- أَنْصَفَهُ مِنْ ظَالِمِهِ [He exacted justice for him from his wronger]. (T voce ظَلَّمَ.)
  • اِنْتَصَفَ مِنْهُ Form VIII He exacted, or obtained, his right, or due, from him
    He exacted, or obtained, his right, or due, from him (M, K) completely, so that each of them became on a par with the other; (K;) [i. e. with equity]. ― -b2- اِنْتَصَفَ It became halved: (Msb:) [often said of the daytime (النَّهَارُ)].
  • طُبِخَ عَلَى النِّصْفِ It (wine) was boiled until half of it had gone, or evaporated
    , and أُصْلِحَ على النصف, It (wine) was boiled until half of it had gone, or evaporated. (TA, voce طَابَة.)
  • مَكَانٌ نَصَفٌ بَيْنَ مَكَانَيْنِ A place half-way, midway, or equidistant, between two places
    [A place half-way, midway, or equidistant, between two places]. (Mughnee in art. سَوَآءٌ.) ― -b2- نَصَفٌ A middle-aged woman or man: (S, K:) or forty-five years old: or fifty years old. (K.) Dim. نُصيف.
  • نَصِيفٌ A woman's muffler
    A woman's muffler: see خِمَارٌ.
  • نُصَيْفٌ Open entry
    , dim. of نَصَفٌ: see خَلَيْقٌ voce خَلَقٌ.
  • مُنَصَّفٌ Expressed juice
    Expressed juice, (Mgh, Msb,) or wine, or beverage, (K,) cooked until half of it has gone [by evaporation]. (Mgh, Msb, K.)
  • مَنَاصَفٌ Not wholly ripe
    Not wholly ripe: [half-ripe:] applied to the date. (TA, voce بُسْرٌ.)
  • أَنْصاَفُ اللَّبِنِ Half-bricks
    [Half-bricks, or] cut bricks, whereof the one is placed, in building, beside the whole brick, for the purpose of ornamentation. (Msb in art. خرج.)

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