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مُتَوَسِّط
medium, average, intermediate /mu.taˈwas.sitˤ/
adjectiveB1#2382 most common
Also: moderate, mid-level, middling
Example sentences
الطالب متوسط الطول.
The student is of medium height.
درجتي في الامتحان متوسطة.
My exam grade is average.
يعمل أبي في شركة متوسطة الحجم.
My father works at a medium-sized company.
مستوى لغتي الإنجليزية متوسط.
My level of English is intermediate.
ارتفع متوسط درجة الحرارة هذا الصيف بشكل ملحوظ.
The average temperature rose noticeably this summer.
يمتد البحر الأبيض المتوسط بين ثلاث قارات.
The Mediterranean Sea stretches between three continents.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُتَوَسِّطٌ | مُتَوَسِّطُونَ |
| Genitive | مُتَوَسِّطٍ | مُتَوَسِّطِينَ |
| Accusative | مُتَوَسِّطًا | مُتَوَسِّطِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُتَوَسِّطُ | يا مُتَوَسِّطُونَ |
Word family
وَسَطmiddle, center
تَوَسَّطَto mediate, to be situated in the middle
وَسِيطmediator, broker, intermediaryأَوْسَطmiddle, more central (as in الشرق الأوسط, the Middle East)تَوَسُّطmediation, averaging
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root و-س-ط (w-s-ṭ), which carries the core sense of middle or center. The Form V verb تَوَسَّطَ means to place oneself in the middle or to mediate, and مُتَوَسِّط is its active participle, literally one who or something that sits in the middle. Over time this participle settled into everyday use as a plain adjective for average or medium.
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