نصف — Free Lane's Lexicon

verb form IV

أَنَصَفَهُ

ā^anaṣafahu

A^anaSafahu

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. إِنْصاَفٌ The giving what is right, or due: (M:) or the granting, or rendering, justice. (KL, PS.) أَنْصَفَهُ مِنْ ظَالِمِهِ [He exacted justice for him from his wronger]. (T voce ظَلَّمَ.)

Perseus ID: n43977

verb form VIII

اِنْتَصَفَ مِنْهُ

āintaṣafa minhu

AinotaSafa minohu

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]. اِنْتَصَفَ It became halved: (Msb:) [often said of the daytime (النَّهَارُ)].

Perseus ID: n43978

أَنْصاَفُ اللَّبِنِ

ā^anṣāafu ālllabini

A^anoSAafu All~abini

[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.)

Perseus ID: n43985

طُبِخَ عَلَى النِّصْفِ

ṭubikha ʿalá ālnniṣfi

Tubixa EalaY Aln~iSofi

, and أُصْلِحَ على النصف, It (wine) was boiled until half of it had gone, or evaporated. (TA, voce طَابَة.)

Perseus ID: n43979

مَكَانٌ نَصَفٌ بَيْنَ مَكَانَيْنِ

makānun naṣafun bayna makānayni

makaAnN naSafN bayona makaAnayoni

[A place half-way, midway, or equidistant, between two places]. (Mughnee in art. سَوَآءٌ.) نَصَفٌ A middle-aged woman or man: (S, K:) or forty-five years old: or fifty years old. (K.) Dim. نُصيف.

Perseus ID: n43980