شاسع

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Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ش س ع (š-s-ʕ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

شَاسِع (šāsiʕ) (feminine شَاسِعَة (šāsiʕa), masculine plural شَاسِعُونَ (šāsiʕūna), feminine plural شَاسِعَات (šāsiʕāt), elative أَشْسَع (ʔašsaʕ))

  1. far (away), distant, remote
  2. vast, huge, enormous
    • 2011, Mahmoud Gaafar, Jane Wightwick, Easy Arabic Reader, page 48:
      لَمْ أَرَ فَرْقًا شَاسِعًا بَيْنَ مِينَاءِ الْعَقَبَةِ الْأُرْدُنِّيِّ، وَمِينَاءِ نُوَيْبَعِ الْمِصْرِيّ.
      lam ʔara farqan šāsiʕan bayna mīnāʔi l-ʕaqabati l-ʔurdunniyyi, wa-mīnāʔi nuwaybaʕi l-miṣriyy.
      I did not see a huge difference between the Jordanian port of Aqaba and the Egyptian port of Nuweiba.

Declension