nofs
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Maltese
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| Cardinal : tnejn Attributive cardinal: (short form) żewġ , (long form) żewġt , (short form) ġiex , (long form) ġiext Ordinal : tieni Adverbial : darbtejn Fractional : nofs | ||
Etymology
[edit ]From Arabic نُصْف (nuṣf) with metathesis.
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]nofs m (plural nofsijiet or (only in sense 3 ) nfas )
- half (one of two parts, especially when equal)
- 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:
- Tweġibiet għal dawn il-mistoqsijiet imorru lura għal madwar seklu u nofs (jew aktar) qabel ma seħħew dawn il-ħruxijiet.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- middle (area where two equal halves meet)
- (historical units of measurement) a unit of volume:
Derived terms
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