وسع

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وسع¹

  • /wa.su.ʕa/

Where it comes from

From the root و س ع (w s ʕ). Cognate to Hebrew יְשַׁעֲ (he) Yesha, "make wide, spacious, iv. make sufficient

". Compare Egyptian wsḫ (“to be wide”) and possibly Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⵙⵉⵖ (ssiɣ, “to pass, give, extend, expand”).

verb وَسُعَ · wasuʕa · يَوْسُعُ · وَسَاعَة · وَسِيع

  1. to be wide

وسع²

  • /wa.si.ʕa/

verb وَسِعَ · wasiʕa · يَسَعُ · سِعَة · سَعَة

  1. to be wide
  2. to hold, to contain
  3. to encompass, to extend
  4. to be easy for, to be possible for

وسع³

  • /was.sa.ʕa/

verb وَسَّعَ · wassaʕa · يُوَسِّعُ · تَوْسِيع · تَوْسِعَة

  1. to expand

وسع⁴

  • /wusʕ/
  • [wʊsʢ] Iraq

noun وُسْع · wusʕ · الْوُسْع · وُسْعٌ

  1. ability, strength, capacity بِكُلِّ مَا فِي وُسْعِي

    Similar: طَاقَة

In English

  • ability quality or state of being able
  • expand (transitive) to increase the extent, number, volume or scope of

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {وسع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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