نصف

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See also: نضف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Arabic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: اِثْنَان (iṯnān)
    Ordinal: ثَانٍ (ṯānin)
    Multiplier: ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy), مُثَنًّى (muṯannan)
    Distributive: ثُنَاءَ (ṯunāʔa), مَثْنَى (maṯnā)
    Fractional: نِصْف (niṣf)
Root
ن ص ف (n-ṣ-f)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nisˤf/
  • (file)

Noun

نِصْف or نُصْف (niṣf or nuṣfm (plural أَنْصَاف (ʔanṣāf))

  1. half, a half, semi-, hemi-
  2. middle
Declension
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: نص (nuṣṣ)
  • Gulf Arabic: نص (niṣṣ)
  • Hijazi Arabic: نص (neṣṣ)
  • Maltese: nofs
  • Moroccan Arabic: نص (nuṣṣ)
  • North Levantine Arabic: نص (nuṣṣ)
  • South Levantine Arabic: نص (nuṣṣ)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نصف (nısf)
  • Persian: نصف (nesf)
  • Swahili: nusu
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

نَصْفُ (naṣfu) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَفَا (ṣafā)

Verb

نُصْفَ (nuṣfa) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَفَا (ṣafā)

Etymology 3

Verb

نَصِفُ (naṣifu) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَصَفَ (waṣafa)

Verb

نَصِفَ (naṣifa) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَصَفَ (waṣafa)

Verb

نَصِفْ (naṣif) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of وَصَفَ (waṣafa)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِصْف (niṣf).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? nisf
Dari reading? nisf
Iranian reading? nesf
Tajik reading? nisf

Noun

Dari نصف
Iranian Persian
Tajik нисф

نصف (nesf)

  1. half
    Synonym: نیم (nim)