nofs

Maltese

**Maltese numbers ^(edit)**
	2	3 →
Cardinal: tnejn Attributive cardinal: (short form) żewġ, (long form) żewġt, (short form) ġiex, (long form) ġiext Ordinal: tieni Adverbial: darbtejn Fractional: nofs

From Arabic نُصْف (nuṣf) with metathesis.

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:
1. for spirits, equivalent to 2 terz, that is officially one imperial pint (568.3 mL).
2. for milk and oil, equivalent to 2 terz, that is officially 22+¹⁄₂ imperial fluid ounces (639.3 mL).