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وَسَطِيّ
middle, central /wa.sa.tˤɪj.jɪ/
adjectiveB2#3621 most common
Also: moderate, centrist (ideology, religion, politics), median, medial (anatomy, geometry, statistics)
Example sentences
هٰذَا الخَطُّ وَسَطِيٌّ بَيْنَ النُّقْطَتَيْنِ.
This line is in the middle between the two points.
أُفَضِّلُ دَائِمًا الحَلَّ الوَسَطِيَّ.
I always prefer the middle-ground solution.
مُسْتَوَاهُ فِي الرِّيَاضِيَّاتِ وَسَطِيٌّ، لَا هُوَ مُمْتَازٌ وَلَا ضَعِيفٌ.
His level in mathematics is average, neither excellent nor weak.
يَدْعُو الشَّيْخُ إِلَى فِكْرٍ وَسَطِيٍّ مُعْتَدِلٍ.
The sheikh calls for moderate, centrist thinking.
العَصَبُ الوَسَطِيُّ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ حَرَكَةِ بَعْضِ عَضَلَاتِ اليَدِ.
The median nerve controls the movement of some hand muscles.
يَتَبَنَّى الحِزْبُ خِطَابًا وَسَطِيًّا يُحَاوِلُ التَّوْفِيقَ بَيْنَ التَّيَّارَاتِ المُتَصَارِعَةِ.
The party adopts a centrist discourse that tries to reconcile the rival factions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَسَطِيٌّ | وَسَطِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | وَسَطِيٍّ | وَسَطِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | وَسَطِيًّا | وَسَطِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا وَسَطِيُّ | يَا وَسَطِيُّونَ |
Word family
وسط (wasaṭ)middle, center, midst
أوسط (awsaṭ)more central, middle (comparative/elative)
متوسط (mutawassiṭ)average, medium, moderate
وسطية (wasaṭiyyah)moderation, centrism
توسط (tawassaṭa)to be in the middle, to mediate
Etymology
Wasaṭiyy is built by adding the nisba suffix -iyy, which turns a noun into a relational adjective, to the noun wasaṭ, meaning middle or center. The root appears in classical Arabic and the Quran to mark a physical or moral middle position. In modern Arabic the word has picked up a strong ideological sense, describing moderate, centrist stances in religion and politics.
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