نصف

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See also: نضف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Arabic numbers (edit)
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2 		3  → 
    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)
6 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nisˤf/
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Noun

نِصْف or نُصْف • (niṣf or nuṣf) m (plural أَنْصَاف (ʔanṣāf))

  1. half, a half, semi-, hemi-
  2. middle
Declension
Declension of noun نِصْف (niṣf)‎; نُصْف (nuṣf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نِصْف‎; نُصْف
niṣf‎; nuṣf 		النِّصْف‎; النُّصْف
an-niṣf‎; an-nuṣf 		نِصْف‎; نُصْف
niṣf‎; nuṣf
Nominative نِصْفٌ‎; نُصْفٌ
niṣfun‎; nuṣfun 		النِّصْفُ‎; النُّصْفُ
an-niṣfu‎; an-nuṣfu 		نِصْفُ‎; نُصْفُ
niṣfu‎; nuṣfu
Accusative نِصْفًا‎; نُصْفًا
niṣfan‎; nuṣfan 		النِّصْفَ‎; النُّصْفَ
an-niṣfa‎; an-nuṣfa 		نِصْفَ‎; نُصْفَ
niṣfa‎; nuṣfa
Genitive نِصْفٍ‎; نُصْفٍ
niṣfin‎; nuṣfin 		النِّصْفِ‎; النُّصْفِ
an-niṣfi‎; an-nuṣfi 		نِصْفِ‎; نُصْفِ
niṣfi‎; nuṣfi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نِصْفَيْن‎; نُصْفَيْن
niṣfayn‎; nuṣfayn 		النِّصْفَيْن‎; النُّصْفَيْن
an-niṣfayn‎; an-nuṣfayn 		نِصْفَيْ‎; نُصْفَيْ
niṣfay‎; nuṣfay
Nominative نِصْفَانِ‎; نُصْفَانِ
niṣfāni‎; nuṣfāni 		النِّصْفَانِ‎; النُّصْفَانِ
an-niṣfāni‎; an-nuṣfāni 		نِصْفَا‎; نُصْفَا
niṣfā‎; nuṣfā
Accusative نِصْفَيْنِ‎; نُصْفَيْنِ
niṣfayni‎; nuṣfayni 		النِّصْفَيْنِ‎; النُّصْفَيْنِ
an-niṣfayni‎; an-nuṣfayni 		نِصْفَيْ‎; نُصْفَيْ
niṣfay‎; nuṣfay
Genitive نِصْفَيْنِ‎; نُصْفَيْنِ
niṣfayni‎; nuṣfayni 		النِّصْفَيْنِ‎; النُّصْفَيْنِ
an-niṣfayni‎; an-nuṣfayni 		نِصْفَيْ‎; نُصْفَيْ
niṣfay‎; nuṣfay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَنْصَاف
ʔanṣāf 		الْأَنْصَاف
al-ʔanṣāf 		أَنْصَاف
ʔanṣāf
Nominative أَنْصَافٌ
ʔanṣāfun 		الْأَنْصَافُ
al-ʔanṣāfu 		أَنْصَافُ
ʔanṣāfu
Accusative أَنْصَافًا
ʔanṣāfan 		الْأَنْصَافَ
al-ʔanṣāfa 		أَنْصَافَ
ʔanṣāfa
Genitive أَنْصَافٍ
ʔanṣāfin 		الْأَنْصَافِ
al-ʔanṣāfi 		أَنْصَافِ
ʔanṣāfi
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

نصف (form I)

  1. نَصْفُ (naṣfu) /nasˤ.fu/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَفَا (ṣafā)
  2. نُصْفَ (nuṣfa) /nusˤ.fa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَفَا (ṣafā)

Etymology 3

Verb

نصف (form I)

  1. نَصِفُ (naṣifu) /na.sˤi.fu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَصَفَ (waṣafa)
  2. نَصِفَ (naṣifa) /na.sˤi.fa/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَصَفَ (waṣafa)
  3. نَصِفْ (naṣif) /na.sˤif/: 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)
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