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وسع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَعَةٌ 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. 1.
سَعَةٌ العَيْشِ
سَعَةُ الصَّدْرِ
لَكَ عَنْهُ سَعَةٌ
يَجُوزُ فِى السَّعَةِ