واسع

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of وَسُعَ (wasuʿa, to be wide) and وَسِعَ (wasiʿa, to be wide, to hold, to contain), from the root و س ع (w-s-ʿ).

Adjective

وَاسِع (wāsiʿ) (elative أَوْسَع (ʾawsaʿ))

  1. wide
  2. comprehensive
  3. generous

Declension

Antonyms

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), واسع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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