وسع

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of spaciousness, breadth, and abundance. It extends to notions of capacity, wealth, capability, and making something larger or more accommodating. It also covers the opposite of constriction and the idea of being well-off.

Derived headwords

وَسِعَverb

1.
it became wideboth
it became wide

يَسِعُverb

1.
to encompassboth
To contain or hold something within; to be sufficient for.
2.
to be spaciousboth
To have ample space or room; to be wide or broad.

سَعَةnoun

1.
capacityboth
The ability to contain or hold something; spaciousness.
2.
abundanceboth
Wealth, affluence, and ample resources.
3.
capabilityboth
The power or ability to do something; sufficiency.

وَسْعnoun

1.
it became wideboth
it became wide

أَوْسَعَverb

1.
he became wealthyboth
he became wealthy
2.
He made you richboth
He made you rich

مُوسِعُونَnoun

1.
rich, capableboth
rich, capable

تَوْسِيعnoun

1.
the opposite of narrowingboth
the opposite of narrowing

اتَّسَعَverb

1.
the people: they became nineboth
the people: they became nine

اسْتَوْسَعَverb

1.
it became wideboth
it became wide

تَوَسَّعَverb

1.
to make roomboth
To spread out or move to create more space.
2.
to expandboth
To increase in size or scope.

وَسَاعadjective

1.
wide-stridingclassical
Describing a horse that has a long and broad gait.

وَسَاعَةnoun

1.
spaciousnessclassical
The quality of being wide or broad.

وَسِيعname

1.
Wasi'classical
A proper name, possibly of Persian origin.

يَسَعname

1.
Elishaclassical
A name of foreign origin (likely Hebrew for Elisha), used in Arabic.

اللَّيْسَعname

1.
with two Lamsboth
with two Lams

Parallel reading

لا يسعنى شئ ويضيق عنك

Nothing encompasses me while it is narrow for you.

وإن يضيق عنك، أي بل متى وسعني شئ وسعك

Rather, whenever something encompasses me, it encompasses you.

لينفق ذو سعة من سعته

Let the one who has abundance spend from his wealth and capacity.

والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون

And the heaven, We constructed it with strength, and indeed, We are expanding it (or: We are wealthy/capable).

أوسع الله عليك

May Allah make you wealthy.

التوسيع: خلاف التضييق

Making spacious: the opposite of making narrow.

وسعت الشئ فاتسع

I made the thing spacious, and it became spacious.

واستوسع

And it became spacious.

توسعوا في المجلس، أي تفسحوا

They made room in the مجلس (gathering/seat), meaning they spread out.

فرس وساع بالفتح، أي واسع الخطو

A horse وساع (with fatḥa) means wide-striding.

وقد وسع بالضم وساعة

And it is said وسع (with ḍamma) and وساعة.

ويسع: اسم من أسماء العجم

Yasa': a name of non-Arab origin.

وجدنا الوليد بن اليزيد مباركا

We found Al-Walid ibn Al-Yazid to be blessed.

وقرئ " واليسع " و " الليسع " بلامين

And it was recited 'Al-Yasa'' and 'Al-Laysa'' with two lams.