Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

أَنَصَفَهُ He did justice to him: (MA:) he acted equitably with him: (Mṣb:) 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, PṢ.)

أَنْصَفَهُ مِنْ ظَالِمِهِ [He exacted justice for him from his wronger]. (T voce ظَلَّمَ.)

اِنْتَصَفَ مِنْهُ He exacted, or obtained, his right, or due, from him (M, Ḳ) completely, so that each of them became on a par with the other; (Ḳ;) [i. e. with equity].

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

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

مَكَانٌ نَصَفٌ بَيْنَ مَكَانَيْنِ [A place half-way, midway, or equidistant, between two places]. (Mughnee in art. سَوَآءٌ.)

نَصَفٌ A middle-aged woman or man: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or forty-five years old: or fifty years old. (Ḳ.) Dim. نُصيف.

نَصِيفٌ A woman's muffler: see خِمَارٌ.

مُنَصَّفٌ Expressed juice, (Mgh, Mṣb,) or wine, or beverage, (Ḳ,) cooked until half of it has gone [by evaporation]. (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

مَنَاصَفٌ Not wholly ripe: [half-ripe:] applied to the date. (TA, voce بُسْرٌ.)

أَنْصاَفُ اللَّبِنِ [Half-bricks, or] cut bricks, whereof the one is placed, in building, beside the whole brick, for the purpose of ornamentation. (Mṣb in art. خرج.)