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أَوْسَط
middle /ˈʔaw.sɑtˤ/
adjectiveB2#3272 most common
Also: central, middlemost, average (in a series)
Example sentences
هذا هو الكرسي الأوسط.
This is the middle chair.
بيتنا هو البيت الأوسط في الشارع.
Our house is the middle house on the street.
يقع مكتبي في الطابق الأوسط من المبنى.
My office is on the middle floor of the building.
يشتهر الشرق الأوسط بتنوّعه الثقافي والتاريخي العريق.
The Middle East is known for its ancient cultural and historical diversity.
تُعرف القرون الوسطى في أوروبا بأنها فترة اتسمت بتراجع العلوم مقارنة بالعصور اللاحقة.
The Middle Ages in Europe are known as a period marked by a decline in the sciences compared to later eras.
شهدت أواسط القرن العشرين تحولات جذرية أعادت رسم خريطة النظام الدولي وموازين القوى فيه.
The middle of the twentieth century saw radical shifts that redrew the map of the international system and its balance of power.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَوْسَطُ | أَوَاسِطُ |
| Genitive | أَوْسَطَ | أَوَاسِطَ |
| Accusative | أَوْسَطَ | أَوَاسِطَ |
| Vocative | أَوْسَطُ | أَوَاسِطُ |
Word family
وَسَطmiddle, center
وُسْطىmiddle (feminine form)
مُتَوَسِّطaverage, moderate
تَوَسَّطto mediate, to be in the middle
وَاسِطةmeans, connection, intermediary
Etymology
Awsat is the elative form of the triliteral Semitic root w-s-t, whose core sense is 'middle' or 'center.' The base noun wasat means the middle or waist of something, and the elative pattern turns it into 'more central' or 'most central.' This is the same word behind phrases like al-sharq al-awsat, the Middle East, and awasit al-shahr, the middle of the month. As Arabic is a Semitic language, it has no Indo-European root.
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