Appendix:Arabic roots/ن ص ف

Arabic

Root

ن ص ف • (n ṣ f)

1. Forms terms related to dividing equally
2. Forms terms related to dividing fairly or treating justly

Descendants

Verbs

• Form I: نَصَفَ (naṣafa)
  • Verbal noun: نَصْف (naṣf)
  • Active participle: نَاصِف (nāṣif)
  • Passive participle: مَنْصُوف (manṣūf)
• Form II: نَصَّفَ (naṣṣafa)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْصِيف (tanṣīf)
  • Active participle: مُنَصِّف (munaṣṣif)
  • Passive participle: مُنَصَّف (munaṣṣaf)
• Form III: نَاصَفَ (nāṣafa)
  • Verbal noun: مُنَاصَفَة (munāṣafa)
  • Active participle: مُنَاصِف (munāṣif)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاصَف (munāṣaf)
• Form IV: أَنْصَفَ (ʔanṣafa)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْصَاف (ʔinṣāf)
  • Active participle: مُنْصِف (munṣif)
  • Passive participle: مُنْصَف (munṣaf)
• Form V: تَنَصَّفَ (tanaṣṣafa)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَصُّف (tanaṣṣuf)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَصِّف (mutanaṣṣif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَصَّف (mutanaṣṣaf)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَصَفَ (intaṣafa)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِصَاف (intiṣāf)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَصِف (muntaṣif)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَصَف (muntaṣaf)
• Form X: اِسْتَنْصَفَ (istanṣafa)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِنْصَاف (istinṣāf)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنْصِف (mustanṣif)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَنْصَف (mustanṣaf)

Nouns

• إِنْصَاف (ʔinṣāf)
• نِصْف (niṣf)
• نَصَف (naṣaf)

Adjectives

• نِصْفِيّ (niṣfiyy)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “Arabic roots/ن ص ف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz