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تَوَصَّل
to reach, arrive at (a result, agreement, or conclusion) /tawasˤˈsˤala/
verbB1#2893 most common
Also: to manage to get to, to succeed in attaining, to work one's way to (a solution)
Example sentences
تَوَصَّلْتُ إِلَى الحَلِّ.
I reached the solution.
تَوَصَّلَ الفَرِيقَانِ إِلَى اتِّفَاقٍ.
The two teams reached an agreement.
بَعْدَ نِقَاشٍ طَوِيلٍ، تَوَصَّلْنَا إِلَى قَرَارٍ.
After a long discussion, we reached a decision.
لَمْ يَتَوَصَّلِ العُلَمَاءُ بَعْدُ إِلَى عِلَاجٍ فَعَّالٍ.
Scientists have not yet arrived at an effective treatment.
تَوَصَّلَتِ المَحْكَمَةُ إِلَى حُكْمِهَا بَعْدَ دِرَاسَةٍ مُتَأَنِّيَةٍ لِلْأَدِلَّةِ.
The court reached its ruling after a careful study of the evidence.
يَسْعَى البَاحِثُونَ إِلَى التَّوَصُّلِ إِلَى فَهْمٍ أَعْمَقَ لِلْآلِيَّاتِ الَّتِي تَحْكُمُ هٰذَا السُّلُوكَ.
Researchers seek to arrive at a deeper understanding of the mechanisms governing this behavior.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَوَصَّلُ | تَوَصَّلْتُ | سَأَتَوَصَّلُ |
| 2sg | تَتَوَصَّلُ | تَوَصَّلْتَ | سَتَتَوَصَّلُ |
| 3sg | يَتَوَصَّلُ | تَوَصَّلَ | سَيَتَوَصَّلُ |
| 1pl | نَتَوَصَّلُ | تَوَصَّلْنَا | سَنَتَوَصَّلُ |
| 2pl | تَتَوَصَّلُونَ | تَوَصَّلْتُمْ | سَتَتَوَصَّلُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَوَصَّلُونَ | تَوَصَّلُوا | سَيَتَوَصَّلُونَ |
Word family
وَصَلَto arrive, to connect
وَصَّلَto deliver, to connect one thing to another
تَوَاصَلَto communicate with each other
اِتَّصَلَto contact, to call
اِتِّصَالcontact, communication
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root و-ص-ل (w-ṣ-l), which carries the core sense of connecting or arriving. Form V (تَفَعَّل) adds a reflexive, resultative layer to the base meaning, so the verb points to the effort of bringing oneself to a point of connection or attainment. This is why تَوَصَّل is used for reaching an agreement, a conclusion, or a solution, rather than for a plain physical arrival. Arabic is a Semitic language, so this root has no Indo-European origin.
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