شاسع

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ش س ع (š-s-ʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.siʕ/

Adjective

شَاسِع (šāsiʿ) (feminine شَاسِعَة (šāsiʿa), masculine plural شَاسِعُونَ (šāsiʿūna), feminine plural شَاسِعَات (šāsiʿāt), elative أَشْسَع (ʾašsaʿ))

  1. far (away), distant, remote
  2. vast, huge, enormous
    2011, Mahmoud Gaafar & Jane Wightwick, Easy Arabic Reader, page 48:
    لَمْ أَرَ فَرْقًا شَاسِعًا بَيْنَ مِينَاءِ الْعَقَبَةِ الْأُرْدُنِّيِّ، وَمِينَاءِ نُوَيْبَعِ الْمِصْرِيّ.
    lam ʾara farqan šāsiʿan bayna mīnāʾi l-ʿaqabati l-ʾurdunniyyi, wa-mīnāʾi nuwaybaʿi l-miṣriyy.
    I did not see a huge difference between the Jordanian port of Aqaba and the Egyptian port of Nuweiba.

Declension

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