muntaṣaf
middle, halfway
مُنْتَصَف
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Noun · pattern مُفْتَعَلRoot
ن ص فIn the library
ودخلنا البرية في منتصف ذي القعدة.
The Travels, page 178 →From the same root
- نَصَّفَdivide in half, bisect
- نِصْفhalf, middle, semi-
- نَصَفjustice
- ناصَفَshare equally
- أَنْصَفَbe just, be impartial
- تَنَصَّفَsubmit to
- نِصْفِيّsemi-, half
- نَصَفَةjustice
- نَصِيفveil
- ناصِفservant
- مُنَصِّفbisecting, dividing in half
- مُنْصِفequitable, fair
- اِنْتَصَفَbe midway, demand justice
- تَنْصِيفbisecting, bisection, halving
- إِنْصافimpartiality, fairness
- اِسْتَنْصَفَdemand justice
- مُناصَفَةequal shares, fifty-fifty
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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