Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

1 وَزَبَ ذ , aor. يَزِبُ, inf. n. وُزُوبٌ, It (water, K, or a thing, T,) flowed. (T, K.)

4 اوزب فِى الأَرْضِ ذ (tropical:) He went, or went away, or pursued his course, through the land, (K,) like as does water. (TA.)

وَزَّابٌ ذ (tropical:) A clever thief: (K:) so called because quick in his motions, like running water. (TA.)

مِيزَابٌ ذ A water-spout; a pipe or other channel that spouts forth water; (TA, art. أزب;) that by which water pours down from a high place; (Towsheeh;) a water-spout of wood, or the like, to convey away the water from the roof of a house: (MF, art. زوب:) from وَزَبَ المَاآءُ “ the water flowed: ” (K:) or a Persian term, arabicized; (S, K;) i. e., composed of the Persian words, (TA,) signifying “ make water: ” (K:) also written مِئْزَابٌ; and in this case its pl. is مَاآزِيبُ: (S, K:) but if without ء, its pl. is مَيَازِيبُ, (S,) or مَوَازِيبُ; the latter agreeable with analogy, like مَوَاعِيدُ and مَوَازِينُ. (TA.) [See also arts. أزب and زوب. It has also two other forms, مِزْرَابٌ and مِرْزَابٌ.]

1 وَزَرَ ذ , (A, Mgh, K,) aor. يَزِرُ, inf. n. وِزْرٌ, with kesr, (K,) He bore, or carried, a heavy load, or burden. (A, Mgh, K.) It is said in the Kur, [vi. 164, &c.,] وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى Nor shall any [soul] bearing [a heavy burden] bear the [ heavy ] burden of another soul; (S;) i. e., its burden of sin: (Mgh, Msb:) meaning, that no one shall be punished for the sin of another; nor shall any sinning soul bear the heavy burden of another soul; every one shall be requited for his [own] deeds: (TA:) or nor shall any sinning [soul] sin by the sin of another. (Akh, S, TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (Akh, S,) وَزَرَ, (Akh, S, A, Msb, K,) aor. يَزِرُ; and وَزِرَ, aor. يَوْزَرُ; (Akh, S, A, Msb, K;) and وُزِرَ (the same and A,) aor. يُوزَرُ; (Akh, S, K;) inf. n. وِزْرٌ and وَزْرٌ and زِرَةٌ, (K,) or وِزْرَةٌ, accord. to Zj, as I have seen it [says IM] pointed and well written; (L;) (tropical:) He sinned: (Akh, S, A, K:) or he bore [ a burden of ] sin- (Msb.) See also 8. ― -b3- وُزِرَ also signifies (tropical:) He was charged with, or accused of, a sin. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- وَزَرَ لِلْأَمِيرِ, (A,) and لِلْسُّلْطَانِ, (Msb, [this I believe to be the right reading; but in the only copy of the Msb, that I have, I find it written السلطان;]) aor. يَزِرُ; (A, Msb;) inf. n. وَزَارَةٌ; (A;) and لِلْأَمِيرِ ↓ توزّر, (S.) or لَلْمَلِكِ; (K;) and ↓ وَازرهُ; (S, K;) (tropical:) He was, or became, وَزِير [or vicegerent ] (S, A, Msb, K) to the governor, (S, A,) or sultán, (Msb,) or king. (K.)

3 وَاْزَرَ [وَازرهُ He bore a burden with him. ― -b2- [Hence,] وازر المَلِكَ أَعْبَاآءَ المُلْكِ (tropical:) He bore with the king (حَامَلَهُ) the burden of the regal office. (A.) See also 1, last signification. ― -b3- وازرهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ, (TA,) inf. n. مُوَازَرَةٌ, (A, TA,) He aided, assisted, or helped, him, and strengthened him, to do the thing: originally اآزَرَهُ: (A, * TA:) the former of these, وازره, is the more chaste. (TA.)

4 اوزرهُ ذ He appointed him a وَزَر, (K, TA,) i. e., a place of refuge to which to betake himself. (TA.)

5 تَوَزَّرَ see 1, last signification.

8 اـِتَّزَرَ ذ , of the measure اـِفْتَعَلَ, (S, Msb,) [originally اـِوْتَزَرَ,] (tropical:) He committed a وِزْر, (S, K,) i. e., a sin. (Msb, TA.)

10 اـِستوزرهُ ذ (tropical:) He took him, or chose him, as a وَزِير [or vicegerent ]. (K.) You say, أُسْتُوزِرَ فُلَانٌ (tropical:) Such a one was taken, or chosen, as a وزير. (S, A. *)

وِزْرٌ ذ A heavy load or burden, (A, Mgh, K,) a bundle, (S,) or great bundle, (K,) that is carried on the back: (S, K:) a weight; syn. ثقل: (S, [in which the syn. is written ثِقْل: so in two copies; and so app. accord. to A 'Obeyd, who makes its pl. أَثْقَال:] and Msb [in which, in my copy, the syn. is written without syll. signs:] and K [in which it is written ثِقَل:]) pl. أَوْزَارٌ. (Msb, K.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A weapon; an instrument of war: or weapons; arms: syn. سِلَاحٌ: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) because heavy upon the wearer: (Mgh, Msb:) or أَوْزَارٌ signifies the burdens and instruments of war, &c.; and the sing. is وِزْرٌ; (A 'Obeyd, TA;) or it has no sing., accord. to some. (TA.) A poet says, (S,) namely El-Aashà, (Mgh, TA.) وَأَعْدَدْتُ لِلْحَرْبِ أَوْزَارَهَا رِمَاحًا طِوَالًا وَخَيْلًا ذُكُورَا [ And I prepared for the war its weapons and other apparatus; long lances and male horses ]. (S, Mgh, TA.) And it is said in the Kur, [xlvii. 5,] حَيَّى تَضَعَ ا@لْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا, meaning, (tropical:) Until the war terminates: (Mgh, Msb:) because then the people thereof lay down their arms: (Mgh:) properly, until the people of the war lay down their burdens: (Msb:) their weapons and burdens: or, as some say, their sins. (Bd.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A sin: (S, Bd, ubi supra, and Msb, K:) and [especially] polytheism: (Fr, Bd, TA:) pl. as above. (Bd, Msb, &c.) This is the sense in which it is most frequently used in the traditions. (IAth.)

وَزَرٌ ذ A mountain: this is the primary signification: (S:) or a mountain difficult of access, or strong: (K, TK:) or a mountain to which one betakes himself for refuge: this is the primary signification. (Aboo-Is-hák.) ― -b2- A place of refuge: (S, Msb, K:) any such place. (Aboo-Is-hák, K.) So in the Kur, lxxv. 11. (TA.) ― -b3- See also وَزِيرٌ.

وَزِيرٌ ذ i. q. مُوَازِرٌ [One who bears a burden or burdens with another: or one who aids, assists or helps, and strengthens, another: see 3:] (S, A, K:) like as أَكِيلٌ signifies i. q. مُؤَاكِلٌ, (S,) and جَلِيسٌ i. q. مُجَالِسٌ. (A.) ― -b2- (tropical:) [ A vicegerent of a king or the like: or a confidential minister of state: in English commonly written vizier, in imitation of the Turkish pronunciation; but properly, wezeer: ] the familiar of the king, who bears his master's burden, and aids him by his counsel: (K:) or the وزير of the king is the person who bears with him (يُوَازِرُهُ, i. e. يُحَامِلُهُ,) the burdens of the regal office: not from مُوَازَرَةٌ, signifying the “ act of aiding or the like, ” because the و in this latter word is substituted for ء, and the derivative from it of the measure فَعِيلٌ is أَزِيرٌ: (A:) ISd says, some hold that the و in وزير is substituted for ء; but Abu-l-'Abbás says, that this is not agreeable with analogy; for the substitution of ء for و in a word of this measure is rare, and that of و for ء is more strange: (TA:) the وزير is so called because he bears for the king the burden of administration: (S, * Msb:) or it is from ↓ وَزَرٌ, signifying “ a mountain to which one has recourse to save himself from destruction: ” so the وزير of the khaleefeh is one upon whose counsel the khaleefeh relies in his affairs, and to whom he betakes himself for refuge or safety: (Aboo-Is-hák, TA:) pl. وُزَرَاآءُ (A, Msb, K) and أَوْزَارٌ; (A, K;) the latter like أَشْرَافٌ and أَيْتَامٌ, (A, TA,) pls. of شَرِيفٌ and يَتِيمٌ. (TA.)

وِزَارَةٌ ذ and وَزَارَةٌ The condition, or office, of a وَزِير: (S, Msb, K:) the former word is the more approved. (ISk, Msb.)

وَازِرٌ ذ Bearing, or carrying, a heavy load, or burden. (A.) ― -b2- [Hence,] also, (A,) and ↓ مَوْزُورٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) (tropical:) Sinning: (S, A, K:) or bearing [ a burden of ] sin. (Msb.) مَأْزُورَاتٍ occurs in a trad., for مَوْزُورَاتٍ, the regular form, because it is there coupled with مَأْجُورَاتٍ, to which it is opposed. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.)

مَوْزُورٌ ذ : see وَازِرٌ.

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R. Q. 1 وَسْوَسَ ذ , [inf. n. وَسْوَسَةٌ and وِسْوَاسٌ, and simple subst. وسْوَاسٌ, but see ظأْظَأَ,] He spoke, or talked, indistinctly: (TA:) [or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft manner, with confusedness: for] Aboo-Turáb is related to have said, that he heard Khaleefeh say, وَسْوَسَةٌ signifies the speaking in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner, with confusedness: or, accord. to one relation, it is [وَشْوَشَةٌ,] with ش. (TA.) [It is generally intrans., agreeable with the above explanations: but sometimes trans.; for you say,] وَسْوَسَ الرَّجُلَ He spoke to the man with low, faint, gentle, or soft, speech. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] وَسْوَسَتٌ اـِلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ, (S, M, * A, * Msb, K, *) and وَسْوَسَ اـِلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانُ, (S, A, * Msb, K,) and لَهُ, (S, Msb, K,) and فِيهِ, (TA,) or فِى صَدْرِهِ, (M,) inf. n. وَسْوسَةٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and وِسْوَاسٌ, with kesr, (S, A, Msb, K,) and وَسْوَاسٌ, with fet-h, is also allowable in the case of this and similar reduplicative verbs, (MF, voce ظَأْظَأَ,) or this last is a simple subst., (S, Msb, K,) His mind, or soul, (S, M, A, &c.,) and the devil, (S, A, Msb, K,) prompted, or suggested to him [ something ], or talked to him, (S, M, Msb,) and [ in him, or] in his bosom: (M:) or suggested to him, or talked to him of, (A, * K,) and suggested in him, or talked in him of, (TA,) what was vain, or unprofitable, and destitute of good: (A, K, TA:) and in like manner one says of the thoughts. (TA.) By the prep. ل by which it is made trans. in the Kur, in vii. 19, is meant اـِلَى. (S, Msb.) You say also, وُسْوِسَ بِهِ [as though signifying properly He had vain things suggested in him by the devil, so that his mind was disturbed thereby, and ] his speech became confused, and he became stupified, or deprived of his reason. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] وَسْوَسَ الحَلْىُ, (M, A, Bd, in vii. 19,) inf. n. وَسْوَسَةٌ and وِسْوَاسٌ, (M,) (tropical:) The woman's ornament sounded, or made a sound or sounds: (M:) or made a low, or gentle, sound; or a chinking. (Bd, [who holds this to be a primary signification: but it is said in the A to be tropical.]) And وَسْوَسَ القَصَبُ (tropical:) [ The reeds made a low sound; or rustling ]. (A.) And سَمِعْتُ وِسْوَاسَهُ (tropical:) I heard its low sounding, or its chinking; or its rustling ]. (A.) See also وَسْوَاسٌ.

وَسْوَسَةٌ ذ : see 1; and وَسْوَاسٌ, in two places.

وَسْوَاسٌ ذ a subst. from وَسْوَسَ; (S, Msb, K;) signifying, [ Speech, or talk, that is indistinct: or low, faint, gentle, or soft: or low, &c., and confused: see 1. ― -b2- And hence,] The soul's, or mind's, (S, M, Msb, K,) and the devil's, (K,) prompting, or suggestion, or talk, (S, M, Msb, K,) of what is vain, or unprofitable, and destitute of good; (K;) as also ↓ وَسْوَسَةٌ [used as subst., in which case its pl. is وَسَاوِسُ, occurring below]. (S, K.) ― -b3- [And hence,] (assumed tropical:) An evil, or unprofitable, idea, imagination, or thought, which bestirs itself in, or occurs to, the mind. (Msb.) ― -b4- And [by a metonymy,] (assumed tropical:) A certain disease, [i. e. melancholia, in which is a doting in the imagination and judgment, a sort of delirium, vulgarly attributed to diabolical prompting or suggestion, but, it is said, ] arising from a predominance of the black bile, attended with confusion of the intellect. (Msb.) ― -b5- [And from the primary signification seem to be derived those which here follow.] (assumed tropical:) The low, or faintly heard, sound of the hunter and the dogs. (S, K.) ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) A low or faint sound [or rustling ] of wind; as also ↓ وَسْوَسَةٌ. (M.) ― -b7- (tropical:) The sounds, (S,) or sound, (M, K,) of women's ornaments: (S, M, K:) [the chinking thereof: see 1.] -A2- Also, الوَسْوَاسُ The devil; (M, K;) a name of the devil: (S:) it occurs in verse 4 of the last chap. of the Kur; and is said to mean there ذُو الوَسْوَاسِ [ the prompter, or suggester, of what is vain, or unprofitable, and destitute of good. (M.)

مَرَضٌ وَسْوَاسِىٌّ ذ [ A disease of the nature of melancholia ]. (K in art. عشق.)

مُوَسْوَسٌ ذ : see مُوَسْوِسٌ.

مُوَسْوِسٌ ذ , with kesr, A man subject to وَسَاوِس [or diabolical promptings, or suggestions, of vain, or unprofitable, things, and thereby confused in his intellect, or disordered in his mind ]: (M:) an act. part. n., applied as an epithet to a man, because he to whom it is applied talks to himself: and one also says مُوَسْوَسٌ, [or مُوَسْوَسٌ اـِلَيْهِ,] like المَغْضُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ: (Msb.) or, accord. to IAar, one should not say مُوَسْوَسٌ. (TA.)

1 وَسَبَتِ الأَرْضُ ذ , aor. تَسِبُ, (inf. n. وَسْبٌ, TA;) and ↓ اوسبت; The land became abundant in fresh herbage, such as is called عُشْب, (S, K,) and in dry herbage. (TA.) ― -b2- وَسِبَ, aor. يَوْسَبُ, inf. n. وَسَبٌ, He, or it, was dirty: (IAar, K:) syn. with وَكِبَ and حَشِنَ. (TA.)

4 أَوْسَبَ see 1.

وَسُبٌ ذ Wood that is put in the lower part of a well, when its earth is such as would pour in, (K,) and that prevents the earth from doing so: called by the people of Egypt خِنْزِيرَة, and only of the wood of the sycamore fig-tree: (TA:) [the خنزيرة is a lining of planks, resembling a barrel; and the wood above mentioned is used in its construction because water does not rot it so quickly as it rots other kinds of wood:] pl. وُسُوبٌ. (K.) [Accord. to IDrd, of the dial. of El-Yemen. (Freytag.)]

وِسْبٌ ذ Plants; herbs; herbage: (S, K:) or abundance of herbage. (M, in art. اسب.)

مُوسِبٌ ذ (tropical:) A ram abounding with wool: (K:) likened to a land abounding with herbage. (TA.)

مِيسَابٌ ذ Dates such as are termed مُجَزَّعٌ, [i. e., half, or two-thirds, ripe ]: (K:) i. e., as applied to رُطَب, vile, or bad. (TA.)

1 وَسَجَ ذ , (aor. يَسِجُ, K,) inf. n. وَسِيجٌ (S, K) and وَسْجٌ and وَسَجَانٌ; (L;) He (a camel) went a certain pace; (S, L, K;) [ more quick than that called عَسْجٌ: the contr. is said in the TA, app. by a mistranscription: but see نَصَبَ, and ذَمَلَ:] the first pace, accord. to En-Nadr and As, is called الدَّبِيبُ; the next, العَنَقُ; the next, التَّزَيُّدُ; the next, الذَّمِيلُ; the next, العَسْجُ; and the next, الوَسْجُ: or he went quickly, or swiftly. (TA, L.)

4 اوسج ذ He incited, urged, or made, a camel, to go at the pace called الوَسِيج. (S, K.)

جَمَلٌ وَسَّاجٌ عَسَّاجٌ ذ A quick, or swift, camels. (K.) اـِبلٌ وَسُوجٌ عَسُوجٌ Quick, or swift, camels. (K.)

1 وَسِخَ ذ , aor. يَوْسَخُ (S, K) and يَاسَخُ and يَيْسَخُ, (K,) [the last two of which are irregular forms,] inf. n. وَسَخٌ; (L;) and ↓ اـِتَّسَخَ and ↓ توسّخ (S, K) and ↓ استوسخ; (K;) It (a garment, S, L, K, and the skin, L, or some other thing, Msb) was, or became, dirty, filthy, (S, L, K,) in consequence of its being seldom washed, (L,) or from want of care. (Msb.)

2 وَسَّخَ see 4.

4 اوسخ ذ (S, L, K) and ↓ وسّخ (L, K) He, or it, made a garment, (S, L, K,) and the skin, (L,) or some other thing, (Msb,) dirty, or filthy. (S, L, K.)

5 تَوَسَّخَ see 1.

8 اـِوْتَسَخَ see 1.

10 اـِسْتَوْسَخَ see 1.

وَسْخٌ ذ Dirt, filth, or soil; (S, L;) what collects upon a garment, or the skin, (L,) or some other thing, (Msb,) in consequence of its being seldom washed, (L,) or from want of care: (Msb:) pl. أَوْسَاخٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- لَا تَأْكُلْ أوْسَاخَ النَّاسِ (tropical:) [ Live not thou upon the alms of men ]. (A.)

وَسِخٌ ذ Dirty, or filthy, [ in consequence of being seldom washed, or] from want of care: an epithet applied to a garment &c. (Msb.)

2 وسّدهُ وِسَادًا ذ , or وِسَادَةً, (L, K,) and شَيْئًا, (S,) He put a pillow, (L, K,) and a thing, (S,) beneath his ( another's ) head. (S, L, K *.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce ذَنُوبٌ: and another voce سَوَادٌ.]

4 اوسد فِى السَّيْرِ ذ He hastened, or was quick, in his pace. (L, K.) ― -b2- اوسدهُ, (S, L, K,) or اوسدهُ بِالصَّيْدِ, (Msb,) He incited him (a dog) to the chase: as also اآسَدَهُ. (S, L, Msb, K.)

5 توسّد ذ , (L, K,) and توسّد وِسَادًا, or وِسَادَةً (L,) and شَيْئًا, (S,) He put for himself a pillow, (L, K,) and a thing, (S,) beneath his head; (S, L,) he rested his head upon a pillow. (L.) ― -b2- توسّد ذِرَاعَهُ He made his fore arm his pillow; i. e., lay upon his fore arm, putting it as a pillow. (L.)

وِسَادٌ ذ (S, L, Msb, K) and ↓ وِسَادَةٌ (S, A, L, Msb, K) and وَسَادَةٌ and وُسَادَةٌ, (K,) but some disallow the last two forms, (TA,) and اـِسَادَةٌ, (L,) and أُسَادَةٌ, (K, art. أسد,) A pillow, or cushion, upon which one rests his cheek (S, A, L, Msb, K) or head: (L:) and the first, a thing upon which one reclines, or rests: (M, L, K:) or the first, only, signifies, anything that is used as a pillow, (A, Msb,) or put beneath the head, (L,) whether of household-furniture, (Msb,) or stones, (L,) or earth (A, L, Msb) &c: (Msb:) pl. of the first, وُسُدٌ (S, Msb, K) and وُسْدٌ; (L, TA;) and of the second, وَسَائِدُ (S, L, Msb, K) and وَسَادَاتٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- اـِنَّ وِسَادَكَ لَعَرِيضٌ (tropical:) [lit., Verily thy pillow is wide: ] said by Mohammad (L, K) to 'Adee Ibn-Hátim: (L:) alluding to his sleeping much; (L, K;) because he whose pillow is wide sleeps pleasantly: (K:) or to his sleeping night and day: (L:) or to his having a wide back to his neck, and a great head, indicating want of understanding. (L, K.) You say, هُوَ عَرِيضُ الوِسَادِ, meaning, He is stupid, dull, or wanting in intelligence: (Msb:) or sleepy. (TA, art. عرض.)

وَُِسَادَةٌ ذ : see وِسَادٌ.

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.]

2 وسّطهُ ذ , (K,) inf. n. تَوْسِيطٌ, (S, K,) He put it in the middle, or midst. (S, K.) ― -b2- And [so in the S, but in the K “ or, ”] He cut it [ in the middle, or midst, i. e.] in two halves. (S, K.) [See the pass. part. n., below.] ― -b3- [In the Kur, c. 5,] some read, فَوَسَّطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعًا [which may mean And have put in the midst, thereby, a company of the enemy: or have divided in two halves, thereby, &c.: or have thereby become in the midst of a company of the enemy]: (S, TA:) others read فَوَسَطْنَ. (TA.) See 1, first sentence. ― -b4- وسّط فى حَسَبِهِ: see 1, last sentence.

5 تَوَسَّطَ see 1, first sentence, in four places. ― -b2- توسّط بَيْنَ النَّاسِ He mediated, or interceded, between the men, or people, for the purpose of accommodation; from وَسَطَ الرَّجُلُ قَوْمَهُ and فِى قَوْمِهِ, explained above; (Msb;) or from وَسَاطَةٌ; (S;) he made mediation, or intercession, (عَمِلَ الوَسَاطَةَ,) between them. (K.) ― -b3- توسّط also signifies He took what was of a middle sort, between the good and the bad. (K.)

وَسْط ذ , with the س quiescent, is an adv. n.; [as such written وَسْطَ, meaning In the middle of: in the midst of; or among; ] (S, M, IB, Mgh, K;) and it is for this reason that it has its middle letter quiescent, (S, IB,) like بَيْنَ (IB) with which it is syn.; (IB, Msb;) [for] it may be used in any case in which بَيْنَ may be substituted for it; (S, IAth, K;) and, like بَيْنَ, it does not denote a part of the thing denoted by the noun to which it is prefixed, wherein differing from ↓ وَسَط. (S, IB, K.) You say, جَلَسْتُ وَسْطَ القَوْمِ (S, IB, Msb) I sat [ in the middle of, or in the midst of, ] or among, the people, or company of men, (IB, Msb;) not being one of them. (IB.) And وَسْطَ رَأْسِهِ دُهْنٌ [ In the middle of his head is oil ]; not meaning a component part of the head. (IB.) And it is said in a trad. الجَالِسُ وَسْطَ الحَلْقَةِ مَلْعُونٌ [ The sitter in the midst of the ring is cursed ]: for he must of necessity turn his back towards some of those who surround him, and so displease them; wherefore they curse him and revile him. (IAth.) ― -b2- It may not [properly] be used as a decl. n., (IB,) i. e. as an inchoative, (Mgh,) nor as an agent, nor as an objective complement; (IB, Mgh) &c.; thus, also, differing from ↓ وَسَط; unless it have the adverbial particle [فِى] prefixed to it; in which case it has the sense of وَسَط, and you say, جَلَسْتُ فِى وَسْطِ القَوْمِ and فى وَسْطِ رَأْسِهِ دُهْنٌ [like as you say جَلَسْتُ وَسْطَ القَوْمِ and وَسْطَ رَأْسِهِ دُهنٌ, explained above]: and sometimes it is used as a subst., preserving the quiescence [and the adverbial form], like as بَيْنَ is used as a subst. though virtually an adv. n., in cases like that where it is said in the Kur, [vi. 94,] لَقَدْ تَقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ [meaning مَا بَيْنَكُمْ, or, as explained in the Expos. of the Jel., وَصْلُكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ]: (IB:) or وَسْط is sometimes used for ↓ وَسَط, improperly; (S;) or it may be so used; (Msb;) or it is so used by poetic license; (M;) or, as some say, each of them may take the place of the other; and this seems the most likely: (IAth:) or one says وَسْط, with sukoon, only, of that whereof the component parts are separate, or distinct, (IAth, K *,) such as a number of men, and beasts of carriage, &c.; (IAth;) and ↓ وَسَط, (IAth,) or both, (K,) of that whereof the component parts are united, (IAth, K *,) such as a house, and the head, (IAth,) or such as a ring: (K:) it is related, as on the authority of Th, that الشَّىْءِ ↓ وَسَطُ and وسْطُهُ [both meaning The middle, or midst, of the thing ] are said when the thing is solid; but when its component parts are separate, or distinct, the word is وَسْطٌ, with sukoon, exclusively. (M.)

وَسَطٌ ذ [The middle, midst, or middle part, of a thing; i. e.,] properly, the part of which several lateral, or outer, portions are equal; as, for instance, the middle finger: but also meaning the part which is surrounded, or enclosed, on its several sides, although unequally: (Msb:) or the part that is between the two sides or extremities of a thing; (M, IB, Mgh, K;) [or the part, or point, that is between every two opposite extremities of a thing; and properly when equidistant; ] as, for instance, the centre of a circle: (Mgh:) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ, (M, K,) which is [likewise] a subst., like أَفْكَلٌ and أَزْمَلٌ [but imperfectly decl. because originally an epithet]: (M:) وَسَطٌ has its middle letter with fet-h in order that it may agree in measure with its contr., which is طَرَفٌ; the like agreement being frequent: (IB:) and it is only used in cases in which بَيْنَ may not be substituted for it, herein [and in other respects, mentioned in the next preceding paragraph,] differing from وَسْط: (S, IB, K:) [respecting the similar and dissimilar usages of وَسَط and وَسّط, sufficient observations have been made in the next preceding paragraph, which see throughout, and more especially in its latter part:] the pl. of وَسَطٌ is أَوْسَاطٌ; and that of its syn. ↓ أَوْسَطُ is أَوَاسِطُ; or this may be a pl. of ↓ وَاسِطٌ, and originally وَوَاسِطُ. (M.) You say, جَلَسْتُ فِى وَسَطِ الدَّارِ [ I sat in the middle, or middle part, of the house ]; (S, Mgh, Msb;) because وَسَط is a subst. (S.) And اـِتَّسَعَ وَسَطُهُ [ The middle, or middle part, thereof, became wide ]. (Mgh, Msb.) And ضَرَبْتُ وَسَطَ رَأْسِهِ [ I smote the middle, or middle part, of his head ]. (Mgh, * Msb.) And كَسَرْتُ وَسَطَ الرُّمْحِ [ I broke the middle, or middle part, of the spear ]. (IB.) And وَسَطُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ طَرَفِهِ [ The middle, or middle part, thereof is better than the extremity ]. (Mgh, Msb.) And خَيَرُ الأُمُورِ أَوْسَاطُهَا The best of affairs, or actions, or cases, are such of them as are between two extremes. (M. [See R. Q. 1, in art. حق.]) It is sometimes put in the accus. case as an adv. n.; as in the saying, جَلَسْتُ وَسَطَ الدَّارِ; but this is an instance of departure from the original usage; and [the meaning is جَلَسْتُ فِى وَسَطِ الدَّارِ signifying as explained above; so that] it is not here syn. with بَيْنَ, like as وَسْطَ is. (IB.) ― -b2- It is also used as an epithet: (IB, Mgh:) [as such signifying Middle; intermediate; midway, or equidistant, between the two extremities or extremes; in place, or position: but in this sense superseded in usage by ↓ أَوْسَطُ and ↓ وَاسِطٌ and ↓ مُتَوَسِّطٌ: and in time; but in this sense also superseded in usage by ↓ أَوْسَطُ:] middling; of middle sort, kind, or rate; (Msb;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ (S, * M, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ مُتَوَسِّطٌ (M, Mgh, Msb) and ↓ وَسُوطٌ (M, TA) [and ↓ وَسِيطٌ]; between good and bad; (Msb, TA;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ: (Msb:) conforming, or conformable, to the just mean; just; equitable: (Zj, S, K:) good; (Zj, M, Msb, K;) as also ↓ وَسِيطٌ: (M:) most conforming, or conformable, to the just mean; most just; most equitable; applied to what is so of a thing; (S, M, K;) whatever it be; (S, K;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطَ: (M:) best; (Msb;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ: (S, * Msb, K *:) most generous: (M:) and when used as an epithet, it is applied alike to a masc., fem., sing., dual, and pl., subst.: (Mgh:) the fem. of ↓ أَوْسَطُ is وُسْطَى; (Mgh, Msb;) and the pl. masc. أَوَاسِطُ; and pl. fem. وُسَطٌ. (Msb.) Hence, (Msb,) ↓ الاـِصْبَعُ الوُسْطَى (S, Msb, K) The middle finger. (Msb.) And ↓ اليَوْمُ الأَوْسَطُ [ The middle day ]. (Msb.) And ↓ اللَّيْلَةُ الوُسْطَى [ The middle night. (Msb.) And ↓ العَشَرَةُ الأَوَاسِطُ, meaning The [ ten middle ] days. (Msb.) And العَشْرُ ↓ الوُسَطُ, meaning The [ ten middle nights: not ↓ العَشْرُ الأَوْسَطُ; for this is a vulgar mistake, into which relaters of traditions have fallen; or it may be a mistake of transcription. (Msb.) And ↓ الصَّلٰوةُ الوُسْطَى, (M, Mgh, &c.,) mentioned in the Kur, [ii. 239,] (M, K,) meaning The middle prayer (Bd, TA) between the other prayers, (Bd,) or between the prayers of the night and the day; (TA;) or the most excellent of them in particular: (Bd:) i. e. the prayer of the afternoon; ('Alee Ibn-Abee-Tálib, I'Ab, and others, Mgh, Bd, K;) because the prophet said, on the day of the Ahzáb, “ they have diverted us from الصلوة الوسطى, the prayer of the afternoon: ” (Bd:) or the prayer of daybreak; (also said to be on the authority of 'Alee, Mgh, Bd, K;) because it is between the prayers of the night and the day; (Bd;) for the saying of the prophet mentioned above does not contravene this and other assertions, since what is meant in the trad. is not what is meant in the Kur: (K:) or, (M, K,) accord. to Abu-l-Hasan, (M,) the prayer of Friday; (M, K;) because it is the most excellent of the prayers; (M;) and he who says otherwise errs, unless he trace up the assertion to the prophet: (M, K:) these three opinions are of the strongest authority; (B;) and the first is that which commonly obtains: (Mgh:) or the prayer of noon; (Mgh, Bd, Msb, K;) because it is in the middle of the day: (Bd:) or the prayer of Friday on the day thereof; but on other days the prayer of noon: (K, and also said to be on the authority of 'Alec:) or the prayer of sunset: (Mgh, Bd, K:) or the prayer of nightfall: (Bd, K:) or [ the night-prayer called ] الوِتْر: (K:) or the prayer of the breaking of the fast: (K:) or the prayer of sacrifices: (K:) or the prayer of the period called the ضُحَى: (K:) or the prayer of the congregation: (K:) or the prayer of fear: (K:) or the prayers of nightfall and daybreak together: (K, and said to be on the authorities of 'Omar and 'Othmán:) or the prayers of daybreak and the afternoon together: (K:) or any of the five prayers; because before it are two prayers and after it are two prayers: (K:) or all the divinely-appointed prayers: (K:) or certain prayers not particularized: (K:) or prayer of middling length, [...]