منصف

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Arabic

Root
ن ص ف (n ṣ f)
6 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَنْصَفَ (ʔanṣafa, to be just, to be fair); compare نِصْف (niṣf, half).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُنْصِف (munṣif) (feminine مُنْصِفَة (munṣifa), masculine plural مُنْصِفُونَ (munṣifūna), feminine plural مُنْصِفَات (munṣifāt))

  1. just, fair

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

مُنْصِف (munṣifm (plural مُنْصِفُون (munṣifūn), feminine مُنْصِفَة (munṣifa))

  1. just man
  2. (geometry, mathematics) bisector

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نصف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN