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وَاسِع

large in area

AdjectiveRoot و-س-ع

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Feminine
وَاسِعَة
Masculine plural
وَاسِعُون
Feminine plural
وَاسِعَات
Elative
أَوْسَع
more / most …

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form VIII
اِتَّسَعَ
to get wider
Verb · Form II
وَسَّعَ
to expand
Noun
سَعَة
capacity
Verb · Form I
وَسِعَ
to be wide
Noun
مَوْسُوعَة
encyclopedia
Verb · Form I
وَسُعَ
to be wide

وَاسِع in English

Adjective

  1. large in area, extensive, vast; broad; wide; open
    1. spacious, roomy
      قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللّٰهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا[The angels] will respond, “Was Allah’s earth not spacious enough for you to emigrate?”609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:97
    2. loose, oversized
    3. open, broad
    4. extensive, deep
  2. expansive; comprehensive, inclusive
  3. open, up for discussion, discussable, undetermined
    1. debateable, not fixed
  4. not strict; not harsh; forgiving rare
  5. generous, liberal rare

Word origin

Derived from the active participle of وَسُعَ (wasuʕa, “to be wide”) and وَسِعَ (wasiʕa, “to be wide, to hold, to contain”).

Words from the root و-س-ع

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

وَسِعَ · present يَسَعُ
Form I · The plain action

to be wide; to hold, to contain; to encompass, to extend

سَعَة
Verbal noun
capacity
سِعَة
Verbal noun
وَاسِع
Active participle · Adjective
large in area
مَوْسُوع
Passive participle
وَسُعَ · present يَوْسُعُ
Form I · The plain action

to be wide

وَسَاعَة
Verbal noun
وَسِيع
Active participle · Adjective
wide
وَسَّعَ · present يُوَسِّعُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to expand

تَوْسِيع
Verbal noun
making spacious
تَوْسِعَة
Verbal noun
development
مُوَسِّع
Active participle
مُوَسَّع
Passive participle
أَوْسَعَ · present يُوسِعُ
Form IV · Causative

to make wide, to broaden; to be rich; to become rich; to be profuse, to spread one’s copiosity

إِيسَاع
Verbal noun
مُوسِع
Active participle
مُوسَع
Passive participle
تَوَسَّعَ · present يَتَوَسَّعُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to expand

تَوَسُّع
Verbal noun
مُتَوَسِّع
Active participle
اِتَّسَعَ · present يَتَّسِعُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to get wider, to expand, to dilate; to squeeze into, to fit, to accommodate or be accommodated, to be “big enough” or otherwise capable, to have room or disposition

اِتِّسَاع
Verbal noun
مُتَّسِع
Active participle
مُتَّسَع
Passive participle
مَوْسُوعَة
Noun · f.
encyclopedia
أَوْسَع
Adjective
elative degree of وَاسِع
وُسْع
Noun · m.
ability
وُسْعَة
Noun · f.
spaciousness
مُواسِع
Noun · m.
capacitor

وَاسِع: plural and other forms

Singularوَاسِع
Feminineوَاسِعَة
Masculine pluralوَاسِعُون
Feminine pluralوَاسِعَات
Elative (more / most)أَوْسَع

وَاسِع in a sentence

Dictionary examples

spacious

قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللّٰهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا[The angels] will respond, “Was Allah’s earth not spacious enough for you to emigrate?”609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:97

From a fully vowelled text

حِدْ عَنِ الشَّرِّ، وَاصْنَعِ الْخَيْرَ. اطْلُبِ السَّلاَمَةَ، وَاسْعَ وَرَاءَهَا.Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.Psalms 34:14, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَمَحَ إِسْرَائِيلُ كَبَقَرَةٍ جَامِحَةٍ. اَلآنَ يَرْعَاهُمُ الرَّبُّ كَخَرُوفٍ فِي مَكَانٍ وَاسِعٍ.For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.Hosea 4:16, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«اُدْخُلُوا مِنَ الْبَاب الضَّيِّقِ، لأَنَّهُ وَاسِعٌ الْبَابُ وَرَحْبٌ الطَّرِيقُ الَّذِي يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْهَلاَكِ، وَكَثِيرُونَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ مِنْهُ!Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Matthew 7:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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