وسط

1 وَسَطَ القَوْمَ ذ , aor. يَسِطُ, inf. n. وَسْطٌ (S, Msb, K) [and وُسُوطٌ (as shown below)] and سِطَةٌ, (S, K,) He sat, [or was, or became, ] in the middle, or midst, of the people, or company of men; (K;) or among them: (TA;) i. q. ↓ توسّطهُمْ; (S, K;) or بَيْنَهُمْ ↓ توسّط: (Msb:) and in like manner, وَسَطَ المَكَانَ [ he was, or became, or sat, in the middle, or midst, of the place ]: (Msb:) and وَسَطَ الشَّىْءَ, and ↓ وسّطهُ, and ↓ توسّطهُ, he was, or became, in the middle, or midst, of the thing: and [in like manner] وُسُوطُ الشَّمْسِ signifies السَّمَاآءَ ↓ تَوَسُّطُهَا [ The sun's being, or becoming, in the middle, or midst, of the sky ]. (M.) ― -b2- وَسَطَ الشَّىْءَ also signifies He, or it, was, or became, in the best part of the thing, most remote from the two extremes. (TA.) And وَسَطَهُ He alighted, or took up his abode, in, or among, the best, or most generous, thereof. (M.) And وَسَطَ الرَّجُلُ قَوْمَهُ, and فِى قَوْمِهِ, inf. n. وَسَاطَةٌ, The man occupied, or held, a middle place, [meaning the best place, or one of the best places, ] among his people, in respect of truth and equity. (Msb.) And وَسَطَ قَوْمَهُ فِى الحَسَبِ, aor. يَسِطُ, inf. n. سِطَةٌ, [ He held a middle, or good, or the best, rank among his people in regard of grounds of pretension to respect. ] (M.) And وَسُطَ فِى حَسَبِهِ, [aor. يَوْسُطُ,] inf. n. وَسَاطَةٌ and سِطَةٌ, [ He held a middle, or good, or the best, rank in regard of his grounds of pretension to respect; ] (M, TA;) and وَسَطَ signifies the same; (M;) and so does ↓ وسّط, (M, TA,) inf. n. تَوْسِيطٌ. (TA.) [See وَسَطٌ, below.]