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وسع
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaسَعَةٌ ذ Width; breadth; extent, or space, from side to side. See سَدِيلٌ. ― -b2- سَعَةٌ العَيْشِ Ampleness of the means, or circumstances, of life; an unstraitened, or a plentiful, state of life. ― -b3- سَعَةٌ [ Ample scope for action, &c.: and a state in which is ample scope for action, &c.: see نَفَسٌ, and مِعْرَاضٌ:] richness, or wealthiness, or competence: and capacity, or power, or ability: (S, K:) and plentifulness and [consequently] easiness of life. (TA.) ― -b4- سَعَةُ الصَّدْرِ i. q. سَعَةُ الخُلُقِ. (Har, p. 194.) ― -b5- لَكَ عَنْهُ سَعَةٌ: see رُدْحَةٌ. ― -b6- يَجُوزُ فِى السَّعَةِ It is allowable absolutely, in other cases than those of poetical necessity. (IbrD.)
Derived headwords
سَعَةٌ
- 1.
سَعَةٌ العَيْشِ
سَعَةُ الصَّدْرِ
لَكَ عَنْهُ سَعَةٌ
يَجُوزُ فِى السَّعَةِ