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وَصَل
to arrive /ˈwa.sˤa.la/
verbA1#199 most common
Also: to reach, to connect, to join
Example sentences
وَصَلَ القِطَارُ.
The train arrived.
وَصَلْتُ إِلَى البَيْتِ مُتَأَخِّرًا.
I arrived home late.
هَلْ وَصَلَتْ رِسَالَتِي إِلَيْكَ؟
Did my message reach you?
وَصَلَ الوَفْدُ إِلَى العَاصِمَةِ بَعْدَ رِحْلَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.
The delegation reached the capital after a long trip.
لَمْ يَصِلْ بَعْدُ إِلَى قَنَاعَةٍ نِهَائِيَّةٍ بِشَأْنِ هَذَا المَوْضُوعِ.
He has not yet reached a final conviction on this matter.
وَصَلَ بِهِ الأَمْرُ إِلَى حَدِّ إِنْكَارِ كُلِّ مَا قَالَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ.
Things reached the point where he denied everything he had said before.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَصِلُ | وَصَلْتُ | سَأَصِلُ |
| 2sg | تَصِلُ | وَصَلْتَ | سَتَصِلُ |
| 3sg | يَصِلُ | وَصَلَ | سَيَصِلُ |
| 1pl | نَصِلُ | وَصَلْنَا | سَنَصِلُ |
| 2pl | تَصِلُونَ | وَصَلْتُمْ | سَتَصِلُونَ |
| 3pl | يَصِلُونَ | وَصَلُوا | سَيَصِلُونَ |
Word family
وُصُولarrivalصِلَةlink, tie, relationتَواصُلcommunication
اِتِّصالcontact, phone call
مُتَّصِلconnected, continuous
Etymology
From the Semitic triliteral root و-ص-ل (w-ṣ-l), whose core sense is joining and connecting. The verb extends this to reaching a place: to connect with a destination is to arrive. The same root yields صِلَة, a tie or relation, and تَواصُل, communication.
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