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وسع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 وَسِعَ الاـِنَاآءُ المَتَاعَ ذ [ The vessel was sufficient in its capacity or dimensions, or sufficiently capacious, or large, for the goods ]; and المَكَانُ القَوْمَ [ the place for the company of men ]. (Msb.) لَا يَسَعُكَ ان تَفْعَلَ كَذَا It is not in thy power, or proper for thee, (MA,) or allowable for thee, (Mgh, Msb,) to do such a thing. (MA, Mgh, Msb.) ― -b2- وَسَعَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ, aor. يَوْسَعُ; and ↓ أَوْسَعَهُ, and ↓ وَسَّعَهُ; He (God) made his means of subsistence ample and abundant. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

وَسِعَ الاـِنَاآءُ المَتَاعَverb
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لَا يَسَعُكَ ان تَفْعَلَ كَذَا
وَسَعَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ