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وَسْط
middle /ˈwastˤ/
nounA2#1094 most common
Also: center, midst, middle ground
Example sentences
الطاوِلة في وَسْط الغرفة.
The table is in the middle of the room.
المدرسة في وَسْط المدينة.
The school is in the city center.
وَقَفَتِ الحافلة في وَسْط الطريق فجأة.
The bus stopped in the middle of the road suddenly.
يسكن صديقي في وَسْط العاصمة منذ سنوات.
My friend has lived in the center of the capital for years.
وجدتُ نفسي في وَسْط نقاشٍ حادٍّ لم أرغب فيه.
I found myself in the middle of a heated argument I did not want.
ظلّ يبحث عن حلٍّ وَسْطٍ يُرضي الطرفين دون أن يخسر أيٌّ منهما ماء وجهه.
He kept seeking a middle solution that would satisfy both sides without either of them losing face.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَسْطٌ | أَوْسَاطٌ |
| Genitive | وَسْطٍ | أَوْسَاطٍ |
| Accusative | وَسْطًا | أَوْسَاطًا |
| Vocative | يا وَسْطُ | يا أَوْسَاطُ |
Word family
وَسَطmiddle, milieu, environment
وَسِيطmediator, brokerوَسَاطَةmediation
تَوَسَّطَto mediate, stand in the middle
مُتَوَسِّطaverage, medium
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root w-s-ṭ, which carries the sense of middle or center. The same root survives in Ethiopic Semitic, where Geʿez wǝsṭ means inside or midst. In Arabic the root branched into a wide family covering mediation, averages, and the name of the Mediterranean Sea.
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