Learn Arabic › A2 › مُنْتَصَف
مُنْتَصَف
midpoint, middle /ˈmun.ta.sˤaf/
nounA2#838 most common
Also: the middle of (a time or place), halfway point, mid-
Example sentences
نَلْتَقِي فِي مُنْتَصَفِ النَّهَارِ.
We meet at midday.
وَصَلَ القِطَارُ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ.
The train arrived at midnight.
فِي مُنْتَصَفِ الشَّهْرِ نَدْفَعُ الإِيجَارَ.
In the middle of the month we pay the rent.
تَوَقَّفَ المَشْرُوعُ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ الطَّرِيقِ بِسَبَبِ نَقْصِ التَّمْوِيلِ.
The project stopped halfway because of a lack of funding.
بَلَغَ النِّقَاشُ مُنْتَصَفَهُ حِينَ طُرِحَتْ أَصْعَبُ الأَسْئِلَةِ.
The discussion reached its midpoint when the hardest questions were raised.
فِي مُنْتَصَفِ العَقْدِ المَاضِي تَبَدَّلَتْ مَوَازِينُ القُوَى فِي المِنْطَقَةِ تَبَدُّلًا جَذْرِيًّا.
In the middle of the past decade, the balance of power in the region shifted radically.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُنْتَصَفٌ | مُنْتَصَفاتٌ |
| Genitive | مُنْتَصَفٍ | مُنْتَصَفاتٍ |
| Accusative | مُنْتَصَفًا | مُنْتَصَفاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مُنْتَصَفُ | يا مُنْتَصَفاتُ |
Word family
نِصْفhalf
نَصَّفَto halve, to split in two
مُنَاصَفَةequal sharing between two
إنْصافfairness
اِنْتَصَفَto reach the middle
Etymology
مُنْتَصَف comes from the triliteral root ن-ص-ف, which carries the idea of a half. It is built on the Form VIII verb اِنْتَصَفَ, 'to reach the middle,' and names the point where something is halved in time or place. The same root gives نِصْف, 'half,' and إنْصاف, 'fairness,' the act of giving each side an equal share.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free