نصف

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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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)
6 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nisˤf/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. half, a half, semi-, hemi-
  2. middle
Declension
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Descendants
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  • 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
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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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

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Verb

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نِصْف (niṣf).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Dari نصف
Iranian Persian
Tajik нисф

نصف (nesf)

  1. half
    Synonym: نیم (nim)