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واسِع
wide /ˈwaːsiʕ/
adjectiveB1#2303 most common
Also: spacious, vast, broad
Example sentences
البَيتُ واسِعٌ.
The house is spacious.
الشّارِعُ واسِعٌ جِدّاً.
The street is very wide.
نَبحَثُ عَن شَقّةٍ واسِعةٍ قُربَ المَركَزِ.
We are looking for a spacious apartment near the center.
لَدَيهِ مَعرِفةٌ واسِعةٌ بِتاريخِ المِنطَقةِ.
He has broad knowledge of the region's history.
تَمتَدُّ السُّهولُ الواسِعةُ حَتّى خَطِّ الأُفُقِ.
The vast plains stretch to the line of the horizon.
مَنَحَهُ المَجلِسُ صَلاحِياتٍ واسِعةً لِإدارةِ المَشروعِ.
The council granted him broad powers to run the project.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | واسِعٌ | واسِعونَ |
| Genitive | واسِعٍ | واسِعينَ |
| Accusative | واسِعاً | واسِعينَ |
| Vocative | يا واسِعُ | يا واسِعونَ |
Word family
وَسِعَto be wide, to hold
سَعةbreadth, capacity
وُسْعcapacity, abilityتَوسيعexpansion, widening
أَوْسَعwider, most spacious
Etymology
واسِع is the active participle of the verb وَسِعَ, meaning to be wide or roomy. It comes from the Semitic root و-س-ع, which carries the sense of breadth and capacity. The same root gives سَعة (extent) and وُسْع (capacity).
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