وسع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و س ع (w-s-ʕ). Compare Egyptian wsḫ (“to be wide”).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /wa.su.ʕa/

Verb

وَسُعَ • (wasuʕa) I, non-past يَوْسُعُ‎ (yawsuʕu)

1. to be wide

Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /wa.si.ʕa/

Verb

وَسِعَ • (wasiʕa) I, non-past يَسَعُ‎ (yasaʕu)

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

Conjugation

Noun

وُسْع • (wusʕ) m

1. ability, strength

   Synonym: طَاقَة (ṭāqa)

   بِكُلِّ مَا فِي وُسْعِي

   bikulli mā fī wusʕī

   With all of my strength

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:286:

     لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا

     lā yukallifu l-lahu nafsan ʔillā wusʕahā

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وُسْع (wusʕ).

Noun

وسع • (vüs')

1. power
2. ability
3. wealth

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وسع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2137a
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَسَعَ (wasaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.siʕ/,

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Verb

وسع • (wisiʕ) I (present بوسع (būsaʕ))

1. to fit, to hold

   الغرفة ما بتوسع كل الناس

   il-ḡorfe mā btūsaʕ kull in-nās

   the room won't fit everyone

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَسَّعَ (wassaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /was.saʕ/,

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Verb

وسّع • (wassaʕ) II (present بوسّع (biwasseʕ))

1. (transitive) to extend, to expand, to make space

   بدّنا نوسّع الصالون

   baddna nwasseʕ aṣ-ṣālōn

   We want to extend the living room.

Conjugation