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نصف

4 أَنَصَفَهُ ذ 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. ― -b2- إِِنْصاَفٌ The giving what is right, or due: (M:) or the granting, or rendering, justice. (KL, PS.) ― -b3- أَنْصَفَهُ مِنْ ظَالِمِهِ [He exacted justice for him from his wronger]. (T voce ظَلَّمَ.) 8 اِنْتَصَفَ مِنْهُ ذ 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]. ― -b2- اِنْتَصَفَ It became halved: (Msb:) [often said of the daytime (النَّهَارُ)]. طُبِخَ عَلَى النِّصْفِ ذ , and أُصْلِحَ على النصف, It (wine) was boiled until half of it had gone, or evaporated. (TA, voce طَابَة.) مَكَانٌ نَصَفٌ بَيْنَ مَكَانَيْنِ ذ [A place half-way, midway, or equidistant, between two places]. (Mughnee in art. سَوَآءٌ.) ― -b2- نَصَفٌ A middle-aged woman or man: (S, K:) or forty-five years old: or fifty years old. (K.) Dim. نُصيف. نَصِيفٌ ذ A woman's muffler: see خِمَارٌ. نُصَيْفٌ ذ , dim. of نَصَفٌ: see خَلَيْقٌ voce خَلَقٌ. مُنَصَّفٌ ذ Expressed juice, (Mgh, Msb,) or wine, or beverage, (K,) cooked until half of it has gone [by evaporation]. (Mgh, Msb, K.) مَنَاصَفٌ ذ Not wholly ripe: [half-ripe:] applied to the date. (TA, voce بُسْرٌ.) أَنْصاَفُ اللَّبِنِ ذ [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.)

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