intaṣafa

be midway, demand justice

اِنْتَصَفَ

Word

Verb · Form VIII

Root

ن ص ف

Forms

Present: يَنْتَصِفُ

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	اِنْتَصَفَ	يَنْتَصِفُ	—
she هِيَ	اِنْتَصَفَت	تَنْتَصِفُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	اِنْتَصَفا	يَنْتَصِفانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	اِنْتَصَفَتا	تَنْتَصِفانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	اِنْتَصَفُوا	يَنْتَصِفُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِنْتَصَفْنَ	يَنْتَصِفْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِنْتَصَفْتَ	تَنْتَصِفُ	اِنْتَصِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِنْتَصَفْتِ	تَنْتَصِفِينَ	اِنْتَصِفِي
you two أَنْتُما	اِنْتَصَفْتُما	تَنْتَصِفانِ	اِنْتَصِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِنْتَصَفْتُم	تَنْتَصِفُونَ	اِنْتَصِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِنْتَصَفْتُنَّ	تَنْتَصِفْنَ	اِنْتَصِفْنَ
I أَنا	اِنْتَصَفْتُ	أَنْتَصِفُ	—
we نَحْنُ	اِنْتَصَفْنا	نَنْتَصِفُ	—

From the same root

All words from ن ص ف →

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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