واسع

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from the active participle of وَسُعَ (wasuʕa, to be wide) and وَسِعَ (wasiʕa, to be wide, to hold, to contain), from the root و س ع (w-s-ʕ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

وَاسِع (wāsiʕ) (feminine وَاسِعَة (wāsiʕa), masculine plural وَاسِعُونَ (wāsiʕūna), feminine plural وَاسِعَات (wāsiʕāt), elative أَوْسَع (ʔawsaʕ))

  1. large in area, extensive, vast; broad; wide; open
    1. spacious, roomy
      Synonyms: شَاسِع (šāsiʕ), فَسِيح (fasīḥ)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:97:
        قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا
        qālū ʔalam takun ʔarḍu l-lahi wāsiʕatan fatuhājirū fīhā
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. (of clothes) loose, oversized
    3. (of a person's perspective, attitude, or mind) open, broad
    4. (of a person's learning) extensive, deep
  2. expansive; comprehensive, inclusive
  3. (of a matter, issue, topic, or the like) open, up for discussion, discussable, undetermined
    1. (when referring to issues relating to laws, rules, regulations, and the like) debateable, not fixed
  4. (rare, approving) not strict; not harsh; forgiving
    Synonym: سَمِح (samiḥ)
  5. (rare) generous, liberal
    Synonyms: جَوَاد (jawād), مِعْطَاء (miʕṭāʔ)

Usage notes[edit]

Strictly speaking, the word generally signifies extensiveness, vastness, and spaciousness, as well as openness, not the extent from side to side, which is denoted by عَرِيض (ʕarīḍ) instead.

  1. اَلْغُرَفُ وَاسِعَةٌal-ḡurafu wāsiʕatunThe rooms are large.
  2. الأَرْضُ الْوَاسِعَةُal-ʔarḍu l-wāsiʕatuthe open land
  3. سَاحَةٌ وَاسِعَةُsāḥatun wāsiʕatuan expansive area

Due to the overlap between their semantic fields, however, the two are sometimes interchangeable, and there are instances where وَاسِع (wāsiʕ) is preferred and more idiomatic, especially when the wideness of the referent is convenient or desirable.

  1. طَرِيقٌ وَاسِعٌṭarīqun wāsiʕuna wide road
  2. مَمَرٌّ وَاسِعٌmamarrun wāsiʕuna wide corridor

A like connection between narrowness and inconvenience (or frustration) is implied by its antonym ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq). Compare loose and tight.

Declension[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Maltese: wiesa’
  • Moroccan Arabic: واسع (wāsaʕ)

References[edit]

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic وَاسِع (wāsiʕ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

واسع (wāsaʕ) (feminine واسعة (wāsʕa), common plural وساع (wsāʕ), masculine plural واسعين (wāsʕīn), feminine plural واسعات (wāsʕāt), elative أوسع (ʔawsaʕ) or وسع (wsaʕ))

  1. wide
    Antonym: ضيق (ḍiyyaq)

Descendants[edit]

  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵡⵙⵄ (wsɛ)

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
و س ع
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic وَاسِع (wāsiʕ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /waː.siʕ/, [ˈwæː.sɪʕ]
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

واسع (wāseʕ) (feminine واسعة (wāsʕa), common plural واسعين (wāsʕīn), elative أوسع (ʔawsaʕ))

  1. wide, spacious
    Antonym: ضيّق (ḍiyyeʔ)

See also[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic وَاسِع (wāsiʕ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

واسِع (vāseʿ) (Hindi spelling वासि)

  1. capacious, wide, roomy
  2. ample

References[edit]

  • واسع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • واسع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.